OU transfer portal target: Duke Miles

If nothing else, OU basketball knows what it’s team looks like on May 2. The transfer portal window is closed. Paperwork has been filed.

You can be upset, or you can just get back to work. Head coach Porter Moser and staff have three spots open as we turn the calendar to May.

A combo guard, a big (most likely center) and then best player available. You can stop looking over your shoulder about losses. Time to get some wins.

Duke Miles, G, High Point (1 season)

The line: 17.5 ppg, 2.4 rebs, 3.5 assts, 0.2 blocks, 1.3 steals, 53% FG, 36% 3-pt, 80% FT

Ooh, a sneaky one here. But also an incredibly uphill battle for OU to win. Miles is originally from Alabama and is coming off a ‘wow’ type of visit to Auburn. The Tigers have a spot for him, want to bring him into the fold. It won’t be easy. However, OU is going to take that shot. The Sooners are expected to have Miles on campus Thursday and Friday. Miles said after the Auburn visit Wednesday, he was just about ready to make his call. Perhaps OU can give him something to really think about. OU, like Auburn, definitely has the spot for him.

OU portal outlook

The Sooners worked the portal well last season, earning the 20 wins in the regular season for the first time in eight years. It just turned out to be not enough, being named the dreaded First Team Out of the NCAA Tournament.

So it’s back to the transfer portal. OU has had five players transfer out (Otega Oweh, John Hugley, Milos Uzan, Javian McCollum, Kaden Cooper), meaning six open scholarships initially remained. Now it’s three after Elvis and Jones and Goodine have come into the fold.

Forward Jalon Moore also announced his intention to go through the NBA Draft process, but he will keep his NCAA eligibility with OU. Moore could absolutely return to the Sooners. Sources believe Moore is expected to be the OU leader in 2024-25.

“There’s gonna be no less acceleration on our efforts for Oklahoma basketball,” said Moser last month. “We’ve got competitors. My staff, myself. Faith, family, friends, togetherness, this awesome University of Oklahoma. The outpouring of people. I’ll say this. My good friend that I’ve really developed a great friendship in the last three years and a friend to everybody here, Bob Stoops. He uses the term OUDNA a lot. We’ve talked about it.

“The OUDNA just doesn’t talk about at the top of the hill. The OUDNA is really strong as you’re climbing the hill. That’s where this staff, these players, this program is going to rely on that OUDNA to fight through this adversity. That OUDNA never has to be more relevant – it’s almost more important on the way up than it is at the top. That’s what we’re going to lean on moving forward.”

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