Oklahoma a high-level candidate to land Audi Crooks

Raegan Beers may have been the best post player the Oklahoma women's basketball team has had since Courtney Paris dominated in the late 2000s. When she exhausted her eligibility at the end of the season, the Sooners were left with a tough-to-replace void. The odds are strong that the Sooners will soon have her replacement.

Former Iowa State center Audi Crooks entered the transfer portal this week and early prognostications have her looking to potentially land in Norman. If Beers was good, Crooks was a superstar. She averaged 25.

8 points on 65% shooting to go along with 7. 7 rebounds en route to AP All-American Second Team honors. Iowa State cracked the top 10 early in the season, but struggled in Big 12 play, eventually falling in the first round of the NCAA Tournament to Syracuse.

Crooks will be a senior in the 2026-27 season and would join a team that returns Freshman All-American Aaliyah Chavez and five other key returners from last season's team in Sahara Williams, Zya Vann, Brooklyn Stewart, Caya Smith and Keziah Lofton. Oklahoma coach Jennie Baranczyk led the Sooners to their second straight Sweet 16 appearance last month after three straight second-round appearances before that. OU has been a consistent top-15/top-20 the last couple seasons, but in a sport dominated by superstars, the Sooners haven't quite had the elite of elite, even as good as Beers was.