I never thought either one of these guys were going to transfer. The Orlando to UCO rumor was posted on here by one guy and everybody just ran with it. He is a senior. He will be one of our only big men. Ryan Wright barely played and then got to play a major role this year. I wouldnt be surprised to see Orlando finish out his career playing 20+ minutes a game as a senior.
As for Hardrick, it's almost like everybody on this board just wants to run him off and really wish that talk would stop. As a HS recruit, he committed early because he wanted to go here. Then he came to every game for 3 years and supported the Sooners. Now he is part of the team and is one of the few Sooners that has gotten into no trouble since he got here. People are calling him a wasted scholarship and saying he should transfer, but he career has barely started. He could very easily put on some bulk and end up being a guy that comes of the bench, plays defense and rebounds and scores an occasional basket. I hate to run a kid off that has done nothing wrong to this point. Plus, we are so lacking for people over 6'6, every forward/center that we run off makes it that much harder to have a decent practice.
Lets just give these two guys a chance.