No. 8 seed Oklahoma will square off against No. 9 Missouri at 6:35 p.m. Saturday in the NCAA Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis. The Tigers were former members of the Big 12 Conference and the Big Eight Conference but moved to the Southeastern Conference. Missouri (16-9) finished in seventh place in the Southeastern Conference. The Tigers…
All season long I’ve been telling folks around town that the ORU men’s basketball team was a legitimate contender and that they should head to the Mabee Center to catch a game. Not very many people listened, and now they’re sorry they didn’t take my word for it. ORU is a No. 15 seed and…
FORT WORTH, Texas –– Tulsa’s season came to an end on March 11 at the American Athletic Conference Championship as the Tulane Green Wave won a 77-70 first round victory over the Golden Hurricane at Dickies Arena. Tulsa ends the year with an overall 11-12 record, while Tulane lost to No. 2 seed Houston, 77-52….
No. 12 Oklahoma State (18-7, 11-7 in the Big 12) enters this weeks’ Big 12 Basketball Tournament as one of the hottest teams in the nation in arguably the best conference in America. The No. 5 seeded Cowboys travel to Kansas City Thursday for a 10:30 a.m. game against No. 4 seeded West Virginia. A…
No. 7 seeded Oklahoma (14-9, 9-8 in the Big 12) played their way out of a first-round bye in the Big 12 Tournament with four straight losses – including being swept by in-state rival Oklahoma State, a home loss to Texas and being upset by Kansas State. (OU played Wednesday night. The Tulsa Beacon is…
No. 7 seeded Tulsa will face No. 10 seeded Tulane at 2 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the American Athletic Conference Championship in Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Tulsa (11-11, 7-9 in the AAC) lost to Tulane (9-12, 4-12), 48-58, in their only meeting this season. That game was originally scheduled for…
Looking back to last August when college athletic conferences and universities were trying to decide whether to begin fall sports, or if the pandemic would keep them from being able to participate, we knew that if all the sports were pushed to the spring semester, it would make for a very busy time. That’s exactly…
STILLWATER — Chad Weiberg is replacing Mike Holder as athletic director for Oklahoma State University as of July 1. Outgoing Oklahoma State University President Burns Hargis met with the OSU/A&M Board of Regents Friday. He recommended Mike Holder’s appointment as athletic director emeritus to recognize him over the past 16 years and the selection of…
On Monday, night No. 17 Oklahoma State completed the regular season sweep of No. 16. Oklahoma, 79-75, in Stillwater. Cowboy Cade Cunningham, who leads the Big 12 in scoring, only had 15 points but he scored 13 key points in the second half as OSU prevailed. Kalib Boone had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Bryce…
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State look like locks for at-large bids to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The first hurdle for the Sooners and Cowboys will be the Big 12 Tournament. It is very likely that both will be in the top six in the conference standings and avoid the two play-in games on March 10. And…