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Oklahoma Sooners recruit Williams Nwaneri meets the press after his team's scrimmage in Tulsa on Thursday,, Aug. 17, 2023.
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00:00 about your commitment to Missouri.
00:01 Why was it Missouri and how you feel about that?
00:04 - Really, I felt like I was just most comfortable
00:06 with that coaching staff and you know,
00:08 it's close to home and all that.
00:09 So I felt like it was the right decision for me at the time.
00:12 - What'd you like about Oklahoma?
00:15 I understand that they were real close on down the stretch.
00:18 - Yes sir.
00:19 Mostly just my relationships, you know,
00:21 with coach Chavis and coach Bates.
00:23 I probably had another one of my best relationships
00:26 with them and it was just,
00:27 it was always love from the coaching staff.
00:30 I liked the scheme there and all that.
00:32 - How emotional was that decision for you
00:35 when you finally had to make it?
00:36 - It was very emotional, you know.
00:39 One of the hardest decisions I've ever made,
00:41 but I just had to do it.
00:43 I felt it was best for me.
00:45 - Is there anybody that you leaned on for advice
00:47 about recruiting and making that final decision?
00:49 'Cause I've heard a couple of times other people say,
00:51 this is harder than I thought it would be.
00:53 - Definitely my family and my head coach.
00:56 Coach Moe had a big say in my decision.
00:58 Just he guided me, you know, throughout the whole process.
01:01 Definitely my family and my coach.
01:04 - We saw you wearing the Oklahoma gloves
01:07 and cleats tonight.
01:08 How long have you had those?
01:11 - Since my OB.
01:13 So sometime in June.
01:15 - Yeah.
01:16 - So you're wearing them in Oklahoma tonight?
01:18 - Yeah, I had to show love, you know.
01:20 - Okay.
01:20 It's not like anybody's gonna read any messages into it,
01:24 is it?
01:25 Like they're still recruiting you
01:26 and you're still thinking about OU?
01:28 - Oh yeah, they still recruiting me and all that.
01:29 And I'm gonna let everything play out,
01:31 you know, let the whole season play out.
01:32 But I don't know, I'm committed to Mizzou though.
01:35 But you know.
01:36 - But wearing OU stuff is cool.
01:40 - Yeah, yeah.
01:42 Just having fun with it.
01:42 - Kind of a tribute?
01:44 - Yeah, yeah, just having fun with it,
01:45 you know, showing love and all that.
01:47 - What's it like playing next to Kamari Moore?
01:51 Obviously OU fans have gotten acquainted with him lately.
01:54 Talk to us about him.
01:55 - Oh, he's a great player, you know.
01:57 He clears stuff up for me, you know.
01:59 Just, it's great playing next to him, you know.
02:01 He makes things easier for me, so yeah.
02:04 - I got nothing else.
02:08 - Anything else stand out about Oklahoma recruiting?
02:11 Sole mission or anything like that?
02:14 - I love the sole mission though.
02:15 That's a plus, for sure.
02:17 - Are you gonna go on any more visits this year?
02:19 Or are you done?
02:20 - Nah, I don't plan on it.
02:22 I might hit a couple game days, you know.
02:24 Depending on how I'm feeling.
02:26 But I don't plan on it.
02:28 - Yeah.
02:29 - How do you feel like you played out there tonight?
02:30 - I feel like I played all right.
02:32 Just, you know, some fatigue things.
02:34 Some mental things, just, you know,
02:36 hydrating and all that.
02:37 Feel like I could've played better.
02:39 - Yeah, I was gonna say, did Monday take a lot out of you?
02:42 And the buildup process to Monday?
02:44 - I don't know if it took a lot out of me,
02:46 but it was, I was real nervous, you know,
02:49 building up to it, but nah.
02:51 Really just the pace of everything, you know.
02:54 Pace of myself, hydrating and all that.
02:57 I just need to work on that.
02:58 That's really it, you know.
02:59 - When you get down to the end of a recruitment like that,
03:02 and you're so close with other schools,
03:04 how hard is it, those calls when you say,
03:06 hey, I'm not committed to your school?
03:08 - It's real hard, 'cause like you said,
03:11 you build relationships with the, you know,
03:13 the coaching staff and all that,
03:15 but it's all business though.
03:16 So, they understand, but it's real hard though.
03:20 - Yeah.
03:21 - Good stuff, thank you.
03:23 - Thanks a bunch, appreciate it.