REPORT: Another Oklahoma basketball player enters the portal

Forward Victor Iwuakor is the latest Sooner to enter his name into the NCAA Transfer Portal

Ryan Chapman | Apr 1, 2021

Another member of the Oklahoma basketball team has entered the transfer portal.

SoonerScoop.com reports that this time, sophomore forward Victor Iwuakor has placed his name in the portal.

Iwuakor averaged 10.8 minutes per game in the 2020-21 season, totaling 2.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per contest on 48.9 percent shooting from the floor.

The 6-foot-8 forward out of Sulphur Springs, TX, saw his role diminish down the home stretch of the season, with coach Lon Kruger struggling to find the sophomore consistent minutes.

Lon Kruger and Victor Iwuakor :: Ty Russell / OU Athletics

Iwuakor is just the latest member of the program who plans on departing, with Austin Reaves and De’Vion Harmon entering the NBA Draft, as well as Trey Phipps and Anyang Garang also entering the transfer portal.

Phipps announced yesterday his decision to transfer to ORU.

Senior center Kur Kuath will also look to begin his professional career.

The program is of course conducting a coaching search as well as Kruger announced his retirement last week after 10 years in charge of the Sooners.

Brady Manek and Alondes Williams also have decisions to make as neither has yet announced if they will return to the program, or set out on the next stage in their basketball careers.

Published Apr 1, 2021

RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is deputy editor at AllSooners and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK.