re: Soon to be SEC, OU…Losing Mens Basketball coach to…DePaul?

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Oof…Guessing there isn’t much of a commitment in Norman to upgrade basketball facilities? Losing Moser to a program like DePaul isn’t a very good look entering the SEC.

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As for facilities, OU does need to upgrade. However, they are on hold right now as City of Norman is looking to build a state of art arena along with private companies. The court would be used by OU. So for now, they are waiting to see if this passes before they make any decisions. Once that passes then great and if not then they will start talks in earnest to upgrade.

I did some reading on the Moser thing. One rumor is Porter overplayed his DePaul hand (to OU) and it didn’t turn out like he thought. He was supposedly asking for a new court and other things and as I mentioned, OU has to wait out the City decision first. But it also seems they are ok if he leaves from the tea leaves I read.

He took over a team on the downslide and is rebuilding it. He’s made progress but not as fast as some want. He was hired same year as WBB coach and she has done wonders when she started with less. So it will be interesting what happens. I have nothing bad to say about him but heading to SEC most thought he’d be further along (this is his 3rd year). And not to discount the B12 is the best BB conf so its hard to rebuild.