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Oklahoma Basketball Loses Another Player to the Transfer Portal

The Sooners will be without another key member of last year's team, as Jacob Groves has entered the transfer portal.

Ross Lovelace

Oklahoma Basketball Loses Another Player to the Transfer Portal
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After losing the eighth member of the 2022-23 Oklahoma basketball team, Porter Moser will have to reshape his entire roster in a hurry.

Jacob Groves is the latest member of the team to enter the portal after spending two seasons in Norman. 

The 6-foot-9 forward played alongside his brother, Tanner Groves, who recently graduated and will move on from college basketball. Jacob, however, will now look for a spot to spend his last season.

Groves appeared in all 32 games last season, averaging 6.8 points and 2.5 rebounds per game. He averaged just 4.6 points in 17 minutes during the 2021-22 season, but found consistency in year two. He was one of Oklahoma’s most reliable outside shooters, converting on 38.1 percent of his 3-point attempts.

Groves began his career at Eastern Washington, where he averaged 9.3 points per game as a sophomore before arriving in Norman. Groves, who has played in at least 24 games in all four of his college seasons, will be a graduate transfer.

Groves joins a long list of players searching for a new school, including Bijan Cortes, CJ Noland, Benny Schroeder, Joe Bamisile and potentially Jalen Hill, who could opt to join the NBA Draft pool. Moser's roster will need a complete shakeup in 2023-24.

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Ross Lovelace
ROSS LOVELACE

Ross has covered the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Oklahoma Sooners since 2018. He's made guest appearances on various radio stations and the Sooners On SI podcast. Ross enjoys public speaking and has done so at multiple churches and high schools across the OKC metro area. In addition to writing, Ross has been the Play-by-Play announcer for Crossings’ basketball and football programs since 2020. In high school, Ross started with Thunder Digest, where he discovered his passion for writing. From there, he worked for the OU Daily as a women's basketball reporter and worked for Sooners On SI and Thunder On SI. Ross holds a bachelor's degree in Public Relations and a minor in Communication from the University of Oklahoma. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Ross played basketball and wrote for his own Thunder blog at Crossings High School in OKC. He enjoys reading, New York Jets football and a week at the beach. Ross and his wife live in New Orleans, where he is a Marketing and Volunteer Coordinator at the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and the New Orleans Super Bowl Host Committee. His Twitter handle is @Rosslovelace.