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Who was the last Oklahoma high school player to enroll as a freshman and play four years at ORU? If I’m not mistaken, it was CALEB GREEN, over a decade ago. Or maybe Matt Gastell around that same time. Since then, signing/developing/keeping Oklahoma prep talent at ORU has been about as successful as maintaining the West Wing staff. Just consider the recent attrition rate among in-state signees: Chris Crawford, Daquan Jeffries, Korey Billbury, now Miller. It’s just one local facet of the overall college basketball transfer epidemic, which seems to be running particularly rampant at ORU in recent years. Basically wasted scholarships: no upper-class experience to show for any underclass development; placing an undue burden on recruiting each year to keep pace with the departures. And in its current depressed state, how long will it take for ORU to field an experienced team, full of juniors and seniors; and not just this revolving door of freshmen, sophomores, and juco transfers?

Last I heard, Jones was coming in at semester but red shirting. That could change obviously.

Chris seems like a nice young man. I wish he could have solved his foul problems because he has talent; decent footwork for a big guy, soft hands and good moves around the basket. I wish him well.