OU basketball announces Tae Davis, Nijel Pack, Xzayvier Brown signings

The basketball portal window closes Tuesday, and OU has done as well as it has ever done under head coach Porter Moser.

You could argue the Sooners have gone 3-for-3 in their top targets between power forward Tae Davis and guards Nijel Pack and Xzayvier Brown.

The trio was officially announced as signed by OU on Tuesday morning.

“Tae, Nijel and Xzayvier are three of the premier players in this portal cycle and we’re absolutely thrilled they chose to join the OU family,” said Moser in the press release. “They have combined for 291 games played and 230 starts against high-level competition, so they are battle-tested and will be great leaders from the moment they step foot on campus.

“They are cerebral, coachable players who bring definite scoring punch with over 3,500 career points among them. We can’t wait for them to get here and start working with our returning players and fellow newcomers.”

Moser and OU hoping to build off the momentum of making the NCAA Tournament for the first time in his four seasons in Norman.

OU transfer portal additions

Xzayvier Brown (St. Joseph’s, G, 2 seasons)

6-2, 175

17.6 points per game, 5.2 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 42% FGs, 90% FT

Doesn’t matter that everybody knew this was coming for more than a week. There’s just a certain feeling of relief and excitement when it is actually announced. Brown was huge for St. Joe’s during his two seasons there, and he adds to what is already a pretty solid guard rotation. The belief remains his stepfather, Justin Scott, will be coming along, filling out the assistant coach spot vacancy. That has still not been announced by OU, but the dots keep connecting in the right direction. He was one of just five players nationally this past season to average at least 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game.

Nijel Pack (Miami, G, 1 season)

6-0, 185

13.9 points per game, 4.3 assists, 3.0 rebounds

Pack only played nine games last season for the Hurricanes. His departure from Kansas State to Miami was one of the benchmark moments in the portal/NIL. Pack was down to four schools with OU, KSU, Kansas and Indiana. He was leading the team in scoring averaging 13.9 points per game before injuring his foot Dec. 10 against Tennessee, and is expected to seek a medical hardship waiver to play his sixth season in college. In 122 games, he has knocked down 313 3-pointers while shooting just above 40 percent. Two in one day? That’s how you get on the transfer portal board. Pack and Davis committed the same day.

Tae Davis (Notre Dame, PF, 1 season)

15.1 points per game, 5.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 48% FGs

6-9, 208

A Power 4 transfer? Check. A big man Power 4 transfer? Oh yea, there was no way OU wasn’t going to at least make its pitch. Davis showed up at OU early in the process, and the Sooners made him a massive priority right from the jump. He started his career at Seton Hall and is someone who has shown the steady development and improvement with every season. OU has plenty of spots to fill in the frontcourt, and Davis is a tremendous starting point.

Davis scored in double figures in 27 of 33 contests in 2024-25 (including in 14 straight games). He had eight performances of 20-plus points. That included a career-high 27 points against Buffalo (made 12 of 13 free throw attempts) and at Georgia Tech (was 9 for 10 at the line). He also scored 26 points against Boston College. Davis scored 22 against national runner-up Houston. And he, after all, earned a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds against Dartmouth.