Porter Moser denies link to DePaul coaching vacancy

DePaul is looking for a new leader of their program after firing Tony Stubblefield, and some have theorized they’ll go after Oklahoma Sooners leader Porter Moser.

Well, if you take Moser at his word, there’s a slim-to-none chance that comes to fruition. He dispelled rumors of that possibility in quite convincing fashion, while speaking with the media on Monday afternoon.

“Absolutely not engaging in anything like that,” Moser said, regarding his reported interest, per Bob Przybylo of Sooner Scoop. “Nothing true.”

That’ll put the minds of Sooners’ faithful at ease. Losing Moser would be a big blow to the Oklahoma program, who are currently 18-6 on the season and ranked No. 25 in the nation as of Monday afternoon.

Evidently, DePaul will have to look elsewhere, as they look to rebuild their program. Oklahoma is where Porter Moser wants to be, and where he looks to be building something special for the future.

Porter Moser assesses Oklahoma season so far, next steps

Continuing, it’s been an up and down season thus far for Porter Moser and Oklahoma basketball. The Sooners began the year unranked, rose up to No. 7 in the AP poll after a 10-0 start to the season before tripping up. 

OU bounced back from a loss to UCF with an 82-66 victory against No. 21 BYU last week. The Sooners hope it can be the start of a winning streak, and Moser broke down the grind of the Big 12 and what his team has learned through the first half of conference play.

“We’ve had our moments,” he said. “We’ve been really good. We’ve had some stay with it. The thing about this league is you’re gonna learn. You can’t get too down and you can’t get too high. You’ve gotta bounce back. You try to get on one-game win streaks. Because every night it’s something. It’s crazy what you’ve gotta prepare for. So that’s what we’ve gotta do.”

The win against the Cougars was big as the Sooners entered that game having lost three of their past four contests. They used 20 points from Javian McCollum, including 15 in the second half. 

It was also an impressive performance from the Oklahoma defense, which held BYU to just 35.9% shooting. They held Jaxson Robinson, the Cougars’ leading scorer, to just eight points on 2-of-8 shooting.