This group never ceases to amaze! We saw all the comments regarding the team photo earlier this year. The NITodd chants were loud. That’s ok, we come to work as a staff everyday knowing the character of our players! Thank you Gator believers! We appreciate you! 🐊🏀
With the news circulating today let me just say THANK YOU OKLAHOMA! Thank you to Lon Kruger for taking a chance on me 5 years ago. To the big time administration thank you Joe Castiglione, Larry Naifeh, Zac Selmon, Toby Baldwin, Jason Leonard, Kevin Henry, Teresa Turner,
Don’t come at me and say......”he’s just waiting for an offer” Then I’ll ask if we do is he ready to commit? Do you want the offer cause our program is the right fit or are you just collecting them so you can post on social media? 🤔🤔
Best thing the NCAA has done is allow us to evaluate these HS team camps. We can see a kids true ability at time and score situations, his ability to play within a structured system, and maybe most importantly watching how important playing for their high school is!
I get 1-2 calls a week from NBA personnel about players I’ve coached at OU/UNLV. Today I spoke to 3 teams leading up to the draft trying to find out last minute info. They ask EVERYTHING! Point being be a great teammate, be coachable, have a great attitude. You just never know!
EVERYONE and I mean EVERYONE loves and appreciates Read Streller!! Keller Casey and Blake Seacat are special young men as well. As walk-ons they help our guys in the rotation prepare to play these tough opponents and they never complain about their roles. Love those guys!
Rest In Peace Coach Tubbs! The
@OU_MBBall
family appreciates all you did and stood for! You will be missed. Condolences to the entire Tubbs family! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I want to thank our players for not only getting out this win against a quality UCF team but also playing our first 7 of 10 games away from home in some tough environments.We are a work in progress, but they are putting in the time!! Thank you Sooner Nation for your support today
Find a way.
Oklahoma has fought back to win 5️⃣ games in which the
#Sooners
trailed at halftime - the most halftime deficits overcome in Division I this season.
#YouBelongHere
Proud of our young men. Played 9 games without players due to Covid protocols this season. They’ve worked hard and stayed the course in spite of those obstacles. Love them.....all of them! Boomer
Had a few hours to decompress! I so appreciate the effort our players gave our staff after we put this group together in just 6 weeks when
@kevinkruger
was hired late last March. I hope they made all
@TheRunninRebels
fans proud this year! The best is yet to come!
#BEaREBEL
👊🏽🏀🙏🏽
You know you work at an elite place when “The Head Ball Coach” Steve Spurrier speaks at our first all staff meeting of the year!!!
@FloridaGators
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Please pray for the family of Lew Hill who passed away today! No words can express how devastating this is for so many that knew him well! Tremendous human being and a huge loss! RIP Lew! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Best of luck to my man Austin Reaves in the NBA draft! Some GM is going to make their franchise better tonight by drafting this young man! Was terrific for us at Oklahoma. Met every challenge thrown his way on a nightly basis! Can’t wait to watch his journey unfold! 🏀🏀🙏🏽🙏🏽
Gator Nation, Thank you for all of the love and prayers! It has helped more than anyone could imagine. Keep supporting the boys so we can make a deep run in the NCAAT! I love you all!
🧡💙🐊
My wife and kids are some of the toughest people I know. Moving to a new part of the country for the 5th time in my career and for all the emotions, school/job changes they’ve encountered I can’t thank them enough for their sacrifice in order for me to chase my dreams❤️🙏🏽
There’s a lot of negative headlines in our sport recently but not here! Coach deserves to be celebrated....he’s done it the right way and made his mission about others for a long time!
Honored and thrilled to serve Gator Nation!! Thank you for the warm welcome! My family and I look forward to seeing the “O-Dome” (Exactech) rock on game nights! 🐊🏀
Note to coaches if you’re recruiting a player and lose out to another program.......just wish him well and start going after the next guy on your list. Bottom line worry about your own roster, not the one you lost too!
Name that MUST be on AD lists for D1 Head jobs next year...
Carlin Hartman, assistant at Oklahoma.
Has coached all across D1 from Ivy to HM with recruting ties everywhere. An unreal person that commands the respect and admiration of everyone in basketball.
When taking your son on a road trip is one of the coolest things a parent/coach can do! Thank you
@kevinkruger
enjoyed spending time
@JoeHartman23
on our trip to Boise last week! 👊🏽🙏🏽🏀
Why do people coach? This is why........
@JayMuni25
came over to the house and brought me a red velvet birthday cake that he made from scratch. Love my players, love what I do. Appreciate you Jamuni!!! My man! 💯🏀
Rebel fans come and PACK THE MAC this Saturday night against Boise State! We as coaches have a front row seat watching our group grow up in front of our eyes. They play hard, they are tough and they play together! They deserve your support for how far they’ve come! REBELS!!!!!!!
Our middle daughter Kailyn
@kailz303
graduated today from the University of Florida Nursing School! Mom and I are so proud of you KK!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️👩🏾🎓👩🏾🎓👩🏾🎓👩🏾🎓👩🏾🎓🐊
Kevin Kruger hires an assistant from Lon’s staff in Oklahoma. Hartman was recognized by Stadium as one of the top three assistant coaches in the Big 12 - as voted on by fellow league coaches in 2020
@TheRunninRebels
@CarlinHartman
@kevinkruger
Sooner Nation you were great today and our guys fed off your energy. Please come out Monday against Baylor and bring that same spirit. It really does matter having you all with us!!!!!
#BoomerSooner
Last year my boy was recovering from a season ending broken leg during his freshman year. Fast forward a year later and he is a starting combo guard on The Rock School state championship team for 2024! Congrats
@Joseph32Hartman
Glory to God!! 🙏🏾🏀❤️
Props to all the kids this afternoon but an unbelievable job on the interior defensively for
@BradyManek
he really worked his tail off against one of the best front lines in the country!
One of the many lessons
@LonKruger
has taught me along with most of the other fine coaches I’ve been fortunate to work with the last 18 years is, when recruiting for your program just focus on what you have to offer not what others don’t!! Too much negativity out there! ⭕️🙌🏾
@buddyhield
is one of a kind!! How many NBA players would travel to their destination like this!! Heading to
@OU_MBBall
alumni golf tournament! Buddy is a humble superstar and legend!
#BoomerSooner
One of the best to roam the sidelines!
@LonKruger
is a program builder, a mentor, a leader, a winner and the only coach in NCAA history to win a tournament game at 5 different schools!
#BoomerSooner
⭕️🙌🏾
Time to start talking about
@R_Odomes
as an elite defender. Not getting the headlines but he's a MAJOR reason why teams are having trouble running their offense! At 6'7 can guard four positions 🔐
RIP to a Buffalo legend and long time NBA great Cliff Robinson! All Western New York hoopers in the ‘80’s like myself remember how great Cliff was at Riverside HS then at UCONN! I personally wanted to be the player Cliff was! He represented Buffalo well! 🙏🏽🙏🏽
I’m a proud Sooner but I have tons of respect for Jalen Hurts. Didn’t transfer, didn’t quit, persevered and stayed at Alabama and made a huge difference in there win over Georgia. A lot of lessons to learn from this young man!
Congratulations to Kingfisher HS and this guy ⬇️⬇️
@whynotbijan
on winning the state title tonight! Way to cap it off. Can’t wait to get him in crimson and cream!
#BoomerSooner
With word getting out let me just say to all
@TheRunninRebels
fans/supporters and friends….THANK YOU! These moves are never planned out, and it took a special offer from a very good friend for us to leave after only a year. I appreciate and thank
@kevinkruger
and all those that
This is everything you want as a coach…….a group that cares about each other and is genuinely happy for their teammates success!
@kevinkruger
has created a culture of buy-in!
#rebels
🏀👊🏽
These are just a few of the Oklahoma born players that have starred as
@OU_MBBall
Sooners under our head coach
@LonKruger
now entering year 10!! Tons of Big12 success and NCAA tournament apprances and wins!
#BoomerSooner
#stayhome
👊🏽🏀
Our middle daughter Kailyn
@kailz303
graduated from the Army today in Nursing from Fort Bliss! In time she will be a nurse anesthetist. The strength of our kids never ceases to amaze! From OU graduate to serving our country! So much pride 🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🏽🙏🏽
I’m so proud to come to Los Angeles and visit my daughter Sydney in her first apartment! So happy to experience the joy of spending time with her in her environment! OU educated and going places!
#mybabyisgrown
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A few asked me tonight “how did you almost lose to North Texas”well North Texas is a very good program who’s major losses this year were at VCU and
#15
Utah State! Lastly our Sooners are 7-1 with neutral/road wins at Minn, at OSU, at Mizzou, and now at UNT. Let’s celebrate that!
As a player at Tulane,
@CarlinHartman
helped lead the Green Wave to its first NCAA Tournament appearance. He'll be inducted into Tulane's Hall of Fame along with with '91-92 teammates this fall.
Work in this facility everyday in the backdrop of one of the fastest growing markets in America! On the road recruiting future Rebels to return this historic program to where it belongs!
#RunninRebels
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10 years ago this week I lost my mother to cancer. There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think of her. She had an incredible spirit, who was the best mother, sister, aunt, cousin, grandmother, and friend to those that knew her! Love you always and forever mom! ❤️🙏🏽
How it started when we got engaged in Montreal to how it’s going today 18 years later here in Las Vegas! Happy anniversary to my best friend and beautiful wife
@estherchris06
I LOVE YOU! ❤️
Micah Handlogten has not only supported the plan to redshirt in 2024-25, he embraced it, working to improve his team in any way he could.
"He helps us recruit these other bigs. He's an awesome young man."
Story:
I love our team. Some may criticize but these kids have played hard for the program. They’ve been asked to play a schedule with no quad 4 games in the toughest league in America, the only team in the country that can say that! Keep supporting them, they play for Sooner Nation!
Teacher of the game, skilled recruiter and Big 12 coaching veteran.
@LonKruger
has added Oklahoma native Pooh Williamson to OU's coaching staff.
#YouBelongHere
🔗
This is what coaching is all about. They come in at 18 unaware of what’s in store and they leave understanding the value of team, time management and who they are. Thank you class of 2019!
#BoomerSooner
New team, new roles, new environment. Got the jitters out and most importantly got the WIN! This team will grow and get better over time!
#rebels
Win
#1
for my man
@kevinkruger
👊🏽