The Oklahoma Sooners opened their first official practice Monday, Sept. 21, and Porter Moser is heading into his sixth season with a roster that looks built on experience, size and a clear sense of continuity.
Moser has spent his time in Norman building around toughness, togetherness and player development, and this 2026-27 group gives him a veteran base to work with. Oklahoma brings back a core headlined by senior guard Xzayvier Brown, a preseason All-SEC candidate who has become one of the nation’s top point guards. Brown is coming off a 2025-26 season in which he averaged 15.4 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game in his first year with the Sooners.
Derrion Reid is another major returnee after starting all 37 games as a sophomore and putting up 11.7 points and 4.4 rebounds per game. Junior Dayton Forsythe adds another experienced guard to the mix, while sophomore Kai Rogers gives Oklahoma more depth and physicality up front. Brown and Reid give the Sooners two returning starters who are expected to take on bigger leadership responsibilities.
The transfer portal brought even more seasoned help. Oklahoma added fifth-year forwards Duke Brennan and Yaak Yaak, fifth-year guards B.J.
Edwards, Tyler Hendricks and Pop Isaacs, and junior Khani Rooths. Brennan arrives with 133 games under his belt after a 2025-26 season at Villanova where he averaged 12.4 points and 10.3 rebounds.
Edwards comes in after earning ACC All-Defensive Team honors at SMU, where he averaged 12.7 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.3 steals.
Isaacs gives the Sooners a proven scorer and shot-maker with 1,277 career points and 219 3-point field goals. Hendricks and Rooths bring the kind of wing size and athleticism that can matter on both ends of the floor.
Oklahoma’s roster also includes freshmen Gage Mayfield and Quincy Wadley, giving Moser a group that blends returning production, major college experience and young talent.
Members of the OU Men’s Basketball team also visited The Pride of Oklahoma practice this week, spending time with a key part of the gameday atmosphere in Norman.
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