Oklahoma men's basketball coach Porter Moser is not afraid to embrace all the chaos of college sports.
Chaos ensued once again on Friday when a federal judge ruled that all 2022 signees who just exhausted their fourth year of eligibility this past year are suddenly eligible for a fifth season in 2026-27. This was in response to the NCAA's new age-based eligibility "5-in-5" rule that gives athletes five seasons to compete instead of four while also essentially erasing redshirts in college sports. That rule, though, wasn't supposed to go into effect until the 2027 high school recruiting class.
The point of the new rule was to actually limit the drama surrounding eligibility in college sports, but the court ruling really stirred it up instead. The NCAA will fight the ruling, but at least for now, athletes who fall in that situation can return to their old school this year for a fifth season of competition.
But as most coaches and fans complain every time chaos wreaks havoc on rosters across college sports, Moser has recently tried to use it to his benefit since it's legal anyway and other programs will also surely take advantage of the situation. And we all know Moser needs all the help he can get to win games in the SEC.
CBS Sports college basketball insider Jon Rothstein reported on Monday that OU is among a list of programs that are interested in former Villanova forward Duke Brennan, who is in a unique situation thanks to the new ruling. Other schools after him included Villanova, North Carolina, USC, Oregon, Ole Miss, UConn and Georgetown.
Duke Brennan is exploring a return to college basketball for a fifth year and is receiving interest from the following programs, per his agent Earl Flaggs:
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) August 3, 2026
Villanova
UNC
USC
Oregon
Ole Miss
Oklahoma
UConn
Georgetown
Averaged 12.4 PPG last season at Villanova.
Duke Brennan could be another answer to one of Sooners' biggest issues
For most 2022 signees that are now eligible to return, they can only go back to the school they were just at and cannot transfer elsewhere for that fifth year. A select few, though, like Brennan, entered the transfer portal months ago, even though they were out of eligibility, just in case a situation like this happened. If an athlete was in the transfer portal before Friday, then they can return to any school they want (at least as of now).
After transferring from Grand Canyon, Brennan spent his fourth (and maybe or maybe not) final season at Villanova, where he earned Third-Team All-Big East honors in 2025-26. Starting in 32 games, he averaged a double-double with 12.4 points and 10.3 rebounds a game while listed at 6-foot-10. He was the first Villanova player since Harold Pressley in 1985-86 to average at least 10 boards a game in a season.
That ability at the boards would obviously be a massive boost for the Sooners, who have struggled down low in their first two seasons in the SEC. Moser has lacked a dominant big man all six seasons at OU, but now that's the problem he's been trying to fix by using these newfound roster loopholes in college basketball.
In April, Moser added former NBA G League player Akoldah Gak, listed at 6-foot-11, to the Sooners' roster to be their expected starting center. With years of professional experience both in the G League and overseas at 23 years old, 2026-27 will be Gak's first season of college basketball.
Athletes coming from the pro level or suddenly getting a fifth year overnight will drive a lot of college sports fans mad, but whether you like it or not, it's happening, so it's best Moser uses college sport's biggest problems as his own answers or else someone else will.
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