Lon Kruger was the coach — and the person — that Oklahoma basketball needed

One year after another, Kruger simply made the best of the hand he was dealt in Norman. He kept Trae Young home, outflanking a myriad of blue-blood programs to sign the Norman native. He turned an unheralded shooting guard named Austin Reaves into a dynamic ball handler and a legitimate NBA prospect. He hit the transfer portal to snag a nobody from CSU-Northridge, only to immediately show the nation that Elijah Harkless was perhaps the best defender in the collegiate game.

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