2025-26 schedule information

[Sooner Season]

TBC, I think we’re just going to have to agree to disagree about bringing big ticket non-conference games to Norman as a major point of focus for scheduling.

OU gets more value out of playing marquee non-conference games on the road or at neutral sites and OU’s home crowds are lackluster especially during non-conference/holiday season.

I’d agree it’s tougher to win on the road/neutral site but that’s also factored into the predictive metrics. I’d rather win of course but it helps OU’s predictive metrics regardless, sure less so in the NET in absolute terms (although you get the location bump if playing “worse” quality opponents) but that’s not enough to really dissuade me.

Most importantly IMO to playing in Norman, OU non-conference attendance at the LNC is lackluster regardless of the opponent. There is a dedicated group of OU MBB fans and they would get excited about playing Duke for sure, but casual OU fans? I think they’re thinking more about convenient start times & avoiding holiday traffic TBH.

If I was running scheduling, I’d focus on getting brand/P5 opponents to Paycom or the BOK (which is what Moser & Co are doing TBH, we should never play Ok State at GIA again IMO) and boosting the floor of teams at the LNC. No or minimize bottom 100 KP Team which is what others have been saying for years rightly. I can see a compelling desire to boost record, ideally to the 20 win threshold, despite what the committee claims about being record agnostic but OU should be able to do that against KP >250 not just KP <250.

So why even schedule home games at all? Just go on the road like the mid majors do. Heck go play these 300 plus ranked teams at their place just to create a buzz. That will create so much excitement with the fans surely they will be filled with anticipation to come to the conference games. Obviously, I'm being sarcastic. Those of you who want to just give up on home attendance are obviously not season ticket holders. And building a healthy season ticket holder base is essential to consistent home attendance for both in and out of conference. Notice I said building home attendance, because we all know it is a monumental task given how far it has been allowed to fall. To just give up and say we are going to play all of our good games away from home is lazy and a cop out by the coaching staff and the administration and unbelievably short sighted and the ones suffering from it are the true Sooner basketball fans. I've mentioned it before and now I'm confirming that after 30 years of being a season ticket holder I am entering the transfer portal to my den to watch the games on TV. No way am I going to purchase season tickets to watch a schedule of teams like last year and of course the schedule isn't even released yet. But the deadline to retain your season tickets is Friday. So essentially they are saying buy tickets to watch an exciting schedule Including Northeast Louisiana, Prarie View, Sam Houston State and other non competitive teams that we aren't even going to tell you who you are buying tickets for. But trust us, you're gonna love it. No thanks, I can pick and choose when or if I want to attend and by $20 tickets and sit in any section I want. I'm tired of being treated as if I don't matter as a season ticket holder but being asked to donate so a kid will come here and play for a year. Yeah, I know, so what, that's only 4 season tickets gone away. Enjoy college athletics in general and OU basketball in particular. I'm out on paying to attend junk and my TV is HD 4K clear!

 

[SoonerDutch]

So why even schedule home games at all? Just go on the road like the mid majors do. Heck go play these 300 plus ranked teams at their place just to create a buzz. That will create so much excitement with the fans surely they will be filled with anticipation to come to the conference games. Obviously, I'm being sarcastic. Those of you who want to just give up on home attendance are obviously not season ticket holders. And building a healthy season ticket holder base is essential to consistent home attendance for both in and out of conference. Notice I said building home attendance, because we all know it is a monumental task given how far it has been allowed to fall. To just give up and say we are going to play all of our good games away from home is lazy and a cop out by the coaching staff and the administration and unbelievably short sighted and the ones suffering from it are the true Sooner basketball fans. I've mentioned it before and now I'm confirming that after 30 years of being a season ticket holder I am entering the transfer portal to my den to watch the games on TV. No way am I going to purchase season tickets to watch a schedule of teams like last year and of course the schedule isn't even released yet. But the deadline to retain your season tickets is Friday. So essentially they are saying buy tickets to watch an exciting schedule Including Northeast Louisiana, Prarie View, Sam Houston State and other non competitive teams that we aren't even going to tell you who you are buying tickets for. But trust us, you're gonna love it. No thanks, I can pick and choose when or if I want to attend and by $20 tickets and sit in any section I want. I'm tired of being treated as if I don't matter as a season ticket holder but being asked to donate so a kid will come here and play for a year. Yeah, I know, so what, that's only 4 season tickets gone away. Enjoy college athletics in general and OU basketball in particular. I'm out on paying to attend junk and my TV is HD 4K clear!

I’m a season ticket holder.

I just don’t think casual fans care who OU is playing in non-conference enough to make it a must see game and that bringing in major non-conference games to Norman should be OU’s lowest scheduling priority.

 

[WichitaSooner]

So why even schedule home games at all? Just go on the road like the mid majors do. Heck go play these 300 plus ranked teams at their place just to create a buzz. That will create so much excitement with the fans surely they will be filled with anticipation to come to the conference games. Obviously, I'm being sarcastic. Those of you who want to just give up on home attendance are obviously not season ticket holders. And building a healthy season ticket holder base is essential to consistent home attendance for both in and out of conference. Notice I said building home attendance, because we all know it is a monumental task given how far it has been allowed to fall. To just give up and say we are going to play all of our good games away from home is lazy and a cop out by the coaching staff and the administration and unbelievably short sighted and the ones suffering from it are the true Sooner basketball fans. I've mentioned it before and now I'm confirming that after 30 years of being a season ticket holder I am entering the transfer portal to my den to watch the games on TV. No way am I going to purchase season tickets to watch a schedule of teams like last year and of course the schedule isn't even released yet. But the deadline to retain your season tickets is Friday. So essentially they are saying buy tickets to watch an exciting schedule Including Northeast Louisiana, Prarie View, Sam Houston State and other non competitive teams that we aren't even going to tell you who you are buying tickets for. But trust us, you're gonna love it. No thanks, I can pick and choose when or if I want to attend and by $20 tickets and sit in any section I want. I'm tired of being treated as if I don't matter as a season ticket holder but being asked to donate so a kid will come here and play for a year. Yeah, I know, so what, that's only 4 season tickets gone away. Enjoy college athletics in general and OU basketball in particular. I'm out on paying to attend junk and my TV is HD 4K clear!

Who wants to give up on playing home games? Find one person who has made that argument. What some of us don’t want is to do what we did last year, which was play precisely zero road games, and bring seven teams below 320 in the NET to Norman. I’d love to see us get a good power conference team to Norman. I’d think it’s possible to make that happen while still playing a few good road and neutral games. And maybe it’ll happen this year. We have yet to see any of the home games announced. It appears Moser is finally trying to put together a good schedule, so maybe that’ll extend to the home slate, too.

I recall in the Sampson era driving down to home games against very good teams, including UConn, and when I’d tune in local sports radio, most of the talk was about football. So I don’t think playing a couple good home games will all of a sudden lead to a packed LNC and a rabid fan base. But it sure as heck would be better than playing a nonstop barrage of directional schools like Moser has been doing. And most importantly, it would make our team better and get them better prepared for conference.

 

[Sooner Season]

I’m a season ticket holder.

I just don’t think casual fans care who OU is playing in non-conference enough to make it a must see game and that bringing in major non-conference games to Norman should be OU’s lowest scheduling priority.

Fair enough, to each his own. I’m just not going to continue to support a program that’s says I don’t matter by the schedule they offer up at home.

 

[CoachTalk]

Does an elite conf schedule and above avg road games make up for below avg home non con?

That’s all 1/3 of the board has wanted is a tougher non con.

Our home games during conf is ELITE

 

[IndySooner]

Does an elite conf schedule and above avg road games make up for below avg home non con?

That’s all 1/3 of the board has wanted is a tougher non con.

Our home games during conf is ELITE

Also, what has driven interest in the past is success against good teams in the non-conference. People aren't going to show up until they prove it. And even then, they'll give up the minute OU puts up a home stinker.

So, if I were the coach/AD, I'd be scheduling EXACTLY like this.

 

[WichitaSooner]

Also, what has driven interest in the past is success against good teams in the non-conference. People aren't going to show up until they prove it. And even then, they'll give up the minute OU puts up a home stinker.

So, if I were the coach/AD, I'd be scheduling EXACTLY like this.

The team has laid about five eggs a season at home under Moser and the crowds have still been decent by OU standards. I’d say the fans have given him several mulligans. It’ll be interesting to see how that plays out next season, since expectations should be higher.

 

[sanguinetti]

1) I think I'd rather play Arizona State than Grand Canyon in this event. Say what you want about their weak conference, but they're dangerous.

2) With both us and OSU going out there this year, I wonder if there's a return event the following year with ASU/GCU playing OU/OSU in either OKC or Tulsa?

agree on both counts. working backwards, as is it's kinda like a mid-late period All College, except in Phoenix. stand alone, bit a head of a head scratcher.

The WAC is not much top to bottom but I lived in southern New Mexico a couple years in the late 20-teens....and NMSU was winning 25+ games a year, and took an eventual Final Four Bruce Pearl Auburn team to the limit in the tournament, and were not for a very questionable call in the last couple minutes.....woulda beat them.

GCU is the new NMSU in the WAC. we are not talking about them winning the SEC or Big XII, we are talking about them beating a mid to lower tier P5 team with a home type crowd in a one-off with a lot of motivation behind them.

That can absolutely happen.

edit: and if ASU wants to hang on to a career .500 type coach like Hurley, OK. FFS, but I wager that continuing football success for Sparky puts heat on Bobby H.

 

[sanguinetti]

The team has laid about five eggs a season at home under Moser and the crowds have still been decent by OU standards. I’d say the fans have given him several mulligans. It’ll be interesting to see how that plays out next season, since expectations should be higher.

I live out of state but I went to the OU-UT game with my late father in December or January Moser Year 2. Admittedly, his/our worst talent team. the crowd wasn't full house but *into* it as Sooners took a top 5 Horn team to OT. Based on what I've seen, that's about the only time we've "rose up". Mizzou win this year was clutch but LSU mos def wasn't.

 

[Sooner Season]

Does an elite conf schedule and above avg road games make up for below avg home non con?

That’s all 1/3 of the board has wanted is a tougher non con.

Our home games during conf is ELITE

Honest question CT, when has our conference schedule not been elite? We have had elite non conference and in conference before, why can’t we now? At least a top 25 game or two, is that too much to ask? If it is, then why in the world would anybody buy season tickets? Just wait for conference play.

 

[CoachTalk]

Honest question CT, when has our conference schedule not been elite? We have had elite non conference and in conference before, why can’t we now? At least a top 25 game or two, is that too much to ask? If it is, then why in the world would anybody buy season tickets? Just wait for conference play.

Fair point.

IMO- games we will likely benefit us at neutral sites more than at home. It’s more ncaa tournament like.

I’m not saying don’t play elite home game. Maybe zags plan to play in OKC next year or Wisconsin in KC?

Hard to get those teams to come to Oklahoma.