OU Basketball: Oklahoma Signs Dayton Transfer

Porter Moser calls Kobe Elvis "an extremely skilled guard" who brings NCAA Tournament experience to the Sooners' roster.

John E. Hoover | May 17, 2024

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By OU Media Relations

Oklahoma head men's basketball coach Porter Moser announced the addition of Dayton transfer Kobe Elvis to the 2024-25 roster on Friday.

Elvis spent three seasons at Dayton (2021-24) and one season at DePaul (2020-21), appearing in 105 career games with 84 starts. He averaged 8.3 points, 2.8 assists and 2.1 rebounds per game in four seasons while shooting 40.6 percent (323-795) from the field, 36.2 percent (128-354) from deep and 78.9 percent (97-123) from the line.

Elvis committed to Okahoma on May 3.

"Kobe is an extremely skilled guard and played an important role in Dayton reaching the NCAA Tournament," said Moser. "He was one of the most efficient point guards in the country last season with 117 assists to 52 turnovers. Kobe can impact the game with or without the ball in his hands."

With the Flyers, Elvis played in 86 career games and made 80 starts, tallying 772 points (9.0 PPG), 254 assists (3.0 APG) and 191 boards (2.2 RPG).

During the 2023-24 campaign, he started all 33 games and averaged 9.4 points, 3.5 assists and 2.4 rebounds per outing. The Brampton, Ontario, product shot 37.9 percent (106-280) from the floor, 37.0 percent (47-127) from behind the arc and 84.7 percent (50-59) from the line.

He appeared in 19 games as a freshman at DePaul, making four starts and averaging 5.2 points, 1.9 assists and 1.6 rebounds per contest.

Elvis finished his prep career at Bill Crothers, leading the Colts to the Ontario Scholastic Basketball Association (OSBA) Final 8 Championship game during his senior campaign. He averaged 26.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.8 steals per game and earned OSBA First Team All-Star accolades.

Elvis was tabbed the 2018-19 OSBA Player of the Year as a junior at Southwest Academy, averaging 28.0 points and 4.7 assists per outing and leading the team in scoring.

On the AAU circuit, Elvis was named Most Outstanding Player at the 2019 17U Under Armour Rice Championship Bracket and All-UA Rise First Team as a member of the Northern Kings. In addition to his time with the Kings, Elvis played for UPLAY Canada in the Nike EYBL, averaging 14.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.2 assists in four games.

Published May 17, 2024

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.