The early success of the Oklahoma men’s basketball team has been a testament to the attitude of first-year coach Lon Kruger.
And the good news could keep coming as the Sooners might get another key contributor to their lineup as the conference season is about to begin.
Small forward Jarion Henry (Dallas/La Jolla Prep) signed with OU in November and hoped to be able to join the team and play in January.
That hope still remains.
“We don’t have a ruling from the NCAA yet,” said Skeeter Henry, Jarion’s father. “We should know here in the coming days. Eventually he’s going to be at Oklahoma, one way or another.”
Skeeter Henry is a Sooners legend and said he is excited about his son getting a chance to play at his alma mater. For that reason, the Henry family has stayed pretty calm about the process because they know Jarion will get to play for the Sooners. They just don’t know if it will be in January or in the 2012-13 season.
“He’s going to be at OU, and we’re so happy about that,” Skeeter Henry said. “It’s getting closer and closer to happening so this hasn’t been real stressful to us.”
Skeeter Henry said he hopes the decision will come in the upcoming days but said he is not exactly sure when everything will be decided. Jarion Henry is home in Dallas for the holidays after spending the semester at La Jolla Prep in California. Classes for the spring semester at Oklahoma start on Jan. 17.
Skeeter Henry said the family is ready to accept whatever decision is made and is ready for the next step.
Jarion Henry, 6-foot-8 and 200 pounds, graduated from Dallas Kimball and originally signed with New Mexico but didn’t qualify academically. Jarion said he would never make that mistake again when he signed with the Sooners in November.
