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OU Basketball: Former Oklahoma Forward Announces Transfer Portal Destination

The Sooners' John Hugley was productive in his one season in Norman after beginning his career at Pittsburgh, and now he'll head back east.

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Former Oklahoma big man John Hugley has a new address.

Hugley announced Tuesday afternoon that he has committed to play next season at Xavier University in Cincinnati.

The 6-foot-10, 275-pound Hugley played one season at OU, averaging 8.4 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game last season. That included eight games in double-digit scoring as he shot 54.8 percent from the floor and 39.4 percent from 3-point range.

Hugley, a Cleveland native, transferred to OU after three years at Pittsburgh, including his redshirt season in 2020-21.

Hugley is one of Porter Moser’s four 2023-24 Sooners who has entered the transfer portal this offseason, joining guards Javian McCollum, Otega Oweh and Milos Uzan. Uzan transferred to Houston.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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