The Oklahoma Sooners are off to a 7-0 start to the 2024-2025 college basketball season after going 3-0 in the Bahamas, securing the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament title.
Along the way, the Sooners picked up their first top-25 win of the season, defeating the Arizona Wildcats, and also earned wins over Providence and Louisville.
The trio of games represented Oklahoma’s most significant tests of the season, and the Sooners passed with flying colors.
The Sooners moved up to No. 40 in the nation in the KenPom rankings put together by college basketball analyst Ken Pomeroy. That puts the Sooners at No. 9 in the SEC in his ranking system. The rankings are meant as a predictive indicator for each basketball team in Division 1.
Offensively, the Sooners rank No. 40 in the nation, according to KenPom. They’re No. 44 in the nation on the defensive side of the ball.
Senior Jalon Moore, true freshman Jeremiah Fears, and guard Kobe Elvis led the way for Oklahoma over the course of the tournament. Moore and Fears each had a pair of 20-point games during their time in Atlantis.
Moore scored 24 points in both of OU’s wins over Arizona and Louisville and was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. Fears led the team in scoring with 26 points in the win over Arizona and scored 20 against Providence to open the tournament. Elvis led OU in scoring in the win over Providence.
Porter Moser and his staff have put together a team with multiple scoring threats and a team that plays with toughness down the stretch.
Oklahoma’s next opportunity to build on their undefeated start to the season comes on December 6 when they host the ACC’s Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and former guard Javian McCollum.
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