Ryan Spangler come on down!

[CoachTalk]

Lol @Gonzaga being 5-10X OU in basketball. Please. They are a mid major with a single elite 8 ever back in 1999. OU has been to 3 Elite 8s since then.

As for Spangler, he's not Big XII caliber talent. Wasn't out of high school which is why there were no Big XII offers and still isn't. There is even talk of redshirting him at Gonzaga which is probably why he wants to transfer after only playing in blowouts.

Clown statement...! How is he not Big 12 talent? He wore people out in HS, got a scholly to a really good gonzaga team. You must have not seen him play in HS. He has the talent to play at OU and in the Big 12.

 

[originalsooner55]

Lol @Gonzaga being 5-10X OU in basketball. Please. They are a mid major with a single elite 8 ever back in 1999. OU has been to 3 Elite 8s since then.

As for Spangler, he's not Big XII caliber talent. Wasn't out of high school which is why there were no Big XII offers and still isn't. There is even talk of redshirting him at Gonzaga which is probably why he wants to transfer after only playing in blowouts.

Little do you know, he did have some Big 12 offers out of HS and keep reading the board about Big 12 offers if he transfers, I beleive you are going to be surprised.

 

[Max Power]

Lol @Gonzaga being 5-10X OU in basketball. Please. They are a mid major with a single elite 8 ever back in 1999. OU has been to 3 Elite 8s since then.

As for Spangler, he's not Big XII caliber talent. Wasn't out of high school which is why there were no Big XII offers and still isn't. There is even talk of redshirting him at Gonzaga which is probably why he wants to transfer after only playing in blowouts.

And we haven't made the tournament since 2008, they have 14 straight. You need to learn the game of basketball. That "Mid Major" also beat us the last time we played them and we had 3 McD AA's on the team, and your favorite OU coach of all time. Dumb***

 

[garyeb2]

I don't know with any certainty how good Spangler is or isn't. Nor do I kinow if Kruger would bring him in if he became available.

But, what does seem certain,from reading this thread and others, is that the Kruger era is going to be a long tough slog for alot of posters. He has accomplished what he has, for the most part, without the elite and highly rated recruits. He has been gathering up 3 stars,juco's, and transfers and winning games for a long time.

OU will give him the opportunity to recruit alittle better class of player than he has had at other stops. And I'm sure he will. But, he can win with the hard working,tough defending bluecollar types. He has proven it over and over.

It seems like every recruit is being deemed to be flawed, or incomplete, or not worthy. My goodness. What do we have now? Assuming that anyone Kruger brings in will make the current team better, easily lands someone on the right side of probability.

 

[Big Old Booger]

And we haven't made the tournament since 2008, they have 14 straight. You need to learn the game of basketball. That "Mid Major" also beat us the last time we played them and we had 3 McD AA's on the team, and your favorite OU coach of all time. Dumb***

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[Big Old Booger]

I don't know with any certainty how good Spangler is or isn't. Nor do I kinow if Kruger would bring him in if he became available.

But, what does seem certain,from reading this thread and others, is that the Kruger era is going to be a long tough slog for alot of posters. He has accomplished what he has, for the most part, without the elite and highly rated recruits. He has been gathering up 3 stars,juco's, and transfers and winning games for a long time.

OU will give him the opportunity to recruit alittle better class of player than he has had at other stops. And I'm sure he will. But, he can win with the hard working,tough defending bluecollar types. He has proven it over and over.

It seems like every recruit is being deemed to be flawed, or incomplete, or not worthy. My goodness. What do we have now? Assuming that anyone Kruger brings in will make the current team better, easily lands someone on the right side of probability.

:clap :clap :clap :clap

 

[Mr.B!!!]

I think CLK has done a great recruiting at least on paper. We absolutely needed a point guard coming into the last season and he got in on Grooms who, while not perfect by any stretch, is at least a competent B12 level point guard. We also needed to add some athleticism and CLK got M'Baye to transfer in. Arent at least added size, maybe he'll add more at some point, but again, under the circumstances not a terrible pick-up.

Fast forward to this season, even before Newell transferred out everybody realized that we needed more guards in this class, CLK went out and got three Top 150 type guards, a solid athlete [that may or may not ever make it in] and will likely get a solid transfer or at least one other JUCO into the program. As far as 2013, I think he'll go out and do just as good a job. The guy obviously knows what he is doing, people just need to be patient.

 

[MsProudSooner]

I think CLK has done a great recruiting at least on paper. We absolutely needed a point guard coming into the last season and he got in on Grooms who, while not perfect by any stretch, is at least a competent B12 level point guard. We also needed to add some athleticism and CLK got M'Baye to transfer in. Arent at least added size, maybe he'll add more at some point, but again, under the circumstances not a terrible pick-up.

Fast forward to this season, even before Newell transferred out everybody realized that we needed more guards in this class, CLK went out and got three Top 150 type guards, a solid athlete [that may or may not ever make it in] and will likely get a solid transfer or at least one other JUCO into the program. As far as 2013, I think he'll go out and do just as good a job. The guy obviously knows what he is doing, people just need to be patient.

Mr, B!!!,

You should know by now that for many of our fans, that's just not going to be enough.

 

[bocabull]

And we haven't made the tournament since 2008, they have 14 straight. You need to learn the game of basketball. That "Mid Major" also beat us the last time we played them and we had 3 McD AA's on the team, and your favorite OU coach of all time. Dumb***

I suppose Okie A&M is 5-10X Texas in football too. Lol. 12 year old. Gonzaga is a mid major with 1 elite 8 13 years ago.

 

[dahldennsull]

ESPN's soonernation is saying their source said it's a done deal. Just trying to confirm with Ryan

 

[Beavers_D]

We talked to Ryan and while he did not confirm that he is transferring to the Sooners, he said that OU is the only school he is pursuing right now. Here's our update with Spangler.

 

[dubyac]

Soonernation just tweeted Spangler is visiting OU this weekend & confirmed he's leaving Gonzaga... NM...

 

[BoulderSooner]

We talked to Ryan and while he did not confirm that he is transferring to the Sooners, he said that OU is the only school he is pursuing right now. Here's our update with Spangler.

thanks for the post and the link dane you all are doing a great job covering the sooners

 

[One More Rebound]

I'm sure Ryan Spangler will appreciate the "warm" welcome he's getting from some posters on this board... :facepalm

 

[OUHoops]

Great scoop by the SoonerNation guys confirming with Spangler of his transfer and visit to OU this weekend.

Some more here from Gonzaga's SB Nation site:

http://www.slipperstillfits.com/2012/4/11/2941473/ryan-spangler-reportedly-leaving-gonzaga

Also, I think it was WTSooner who said it was a done deal here about a week ago. So props to him too.

 

[NorthCarolinaSooner]

I suppose Okie A&M is 5-10X Texas in football too. Lol. 12 year old. Gonzaga is a mid major with 1 elite 8 13 years ago. They are not close to being OU caliber and if OU wants to be a top 4 B12 team they won't be doing it with a mid major bench warmer.

Gonzaga a MID-major????

Gonzaga is in a mid-major conference but hardly plays a mid major schedule outside of it and competes with everyone year to year. They had NO losing seasons since 2000 (the first ten years of this century they had an 80% win percentage)......and, unfortunately thanks to Capel and Co they are FAR better than OU is right now.

In case you haven't noticed, Mark Few gets chased after pretty much every year because of what he has built at Gonzaga.


I'd take a few of Gonzaga's "cast offs" if they wanted to give us more.


I bet you right now Spangler is more athletic than Fitz and is ASSUREDLY a better rebounder. I bet, if he comes, he is one of the main backups his first year he plays.



College Basketball's Top 25 Programs of the Last Decade
By Craig Meyer(Correspondent) on July 23, 2009 18,535 reads
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19. Gonzaga Bulldogs
Winning Percentage: 80.0 percent

NCAA Tournament Appearances: 10

Losing Seasons: 0

Originally college basketball's perpetual Cinderellla come tournament time, Gonzaga has become one of the better programs in the country over the last decade and is now a mainstay of top-tier college hoops.

The decade began with Mark Few taking over as the Bulldogs head coach, and ever since that year, Few has helped build Gonzaga into the juggernaut that it is today.

Under Few, Gonzaga has made the NCAA Tournament every season and advanced to the Sweet 16 four times, a very remarkable accomplishment for a small school in the mid-major West Coast Conference.

Gonzaga's best season this decade came in 2005-2006 with the help of Co-National Player of the Year Adam Morrison, as the Bulldogs went 29-4 and narrowly missed out on a trip to the Elite Eight with a heartbreaking, tear-jerking (sorry, Adam) 73-71 loss to UCLA.

 

[CMSOONER]

I bet you right now Spangler is more athletic than Fitz and is ASSUREDLY a better rebounder. I bet, if he comes, he is one of the main backups his first year he plays.

He's likely to be a starter after redshirting this coming season, unless we bring in another talented big. Remember Fitz, Osby and Arent will be gone and Henry is not here yet.

 

[WTSooner]

He's likely to be a starter after redshirting this coming season, unless we bring in another talented big. Remember Fitz, Osby and Arent will be gone and Henry is not here yet.

If we don't bring in more talented bigs, we're in trouble.

 

[CMSOONER]

If we don't bring in more talented bigs, we're in trouble.

100% agree

 

[Romulus]

I wanted this to happen a year ago but Capel was too stupid not to offer the best player in Oklahoma. Glad he's coming home.