Oklahoma Coach Porter Moser Previews Team’s Foreign Tour

Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser spoke to the media on Wednesday forward of the crew’s summer time journey abroad. 

The Sooners are set to journey to Spain and France over the following few weeks, testing how they stack up in opposition to worldwide expertise.

“There’s so many advantages,” Moser defined. “The apply, the video games and the crew bonding. All these issues added up, it’s gonna be a terrific expertise for us.”

As Moser returns to Norman for his second season in cost, the crew is filled with contemporary faces as soon as once more. Each Jacob and Tanner Groves will likely be again to guide the entrance courtroom, however outdoors of Bijan Cortes and CJ Noland, the remainder of the crew will look fairly completely different. Moser and workers will get an early take a look at what to anticipate subsequent season all through the journey.

“I used to be simply speaking about this on the street,” Moser mentioned. “Usually, April, Might and June is a time to decompress after the season. These final two springs with the switch portal have been by far the craziest, most hectic April, Might and June I’ve ever had in 30 years of teaching.”

Not solely do the Sooners get actual, in-game expertise, however the additional apply time collectively will likely be an additional advantage. On a crew with quite a lot of new gamers that will likely be requested to contribute instantly, constructing chemistry on the courtroom earlier than the season begins is a useful expertise.

Oklahoma will probably characteristic some guard heavy lineups subsequent season with the entire outdoors expertise introduced in. Transfers Grant Sherfield and Joe Bamisile have been each influence gamers final season earlier than heading to Norman and can fill a right away want for the Sooners. Different gamers seeking to contribute early are 4-stars Milos Uzan and Otega Oweh. Whereas the guards play with completely different types, they’re each appear to be bodily mature for his or her age.

One other key addition to Moser’s newest recruiting class was gifted worldwide prospect Benny Schroeder, a 6-foot-7 wing from Germany. Whereas the pinnacle coach gushed about Schroeder’s potential as a point-forward, he talked about that he hasn’t been in a position to apply but this summer time. Each Schroeder and switch ahead Yaya Keita are coping with meniscus accidents that can preserve them off the ground throughout the Sooners’ abroad expedition.

“I’ll welcome these two guys which are injured once they get again right here,” Moser mentioned. “After after the journey, once they begin faculty, they will most likely be able to go (in) September, however they will have some catching as much as do.”

Whereas the crew will definitely develop collectively on the courtroom over the following few weeks, Moser is wanting ahead to the off-the-court experiences simply as a lot. The crew will journey to many various memorable areas, permitting the gamers to see a brand new aspect of the world.

“I did a visit after I performed the school, we went to Italy, and my former teammates nonetheless discuss it,” Moser mentioned. “It offers you completely different cultural expertise. We’re gonna go to Normandy, cannot wait to do this and discuss to them about that. You must turn out to be shut. After we traveled abroad, we used to spend 10 days collectively to get to get to know one another higher to get nearer as a crew.”

The Sooners will embark on their 10-day journey Aug. 2 with a global exhibition in opposition to Matero Choose Staff on Aug. 4.