In the immediate aftermath of Lon Kruger’s retirement as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners men’s basketball team, I put together a short wish list of candidates to fill the opening. Porter Moser’s name was nowhere to be found.
Frankly, I assumed Moser would be gunning for an opening at a program higher up the food chain of college hoops. That, or he would put his roots down at Loyola Chicago for life. When it leaked out that Moser was considering OU athletic director Joe Castiglione’s pitch, I figured he was using the Sooners as leverage over the Ramblers – Loyola supposedly made him a solid offer to stay.