Men's Basketball Schedule Revealed >>> SoonerSports.com

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Source: SoonerSports.com

See below the quoted section for the listed schedule.

NORMAN, Okla. - The University of Oklahoma men's basketball team has announced its 14-game 2009-10 non-conference schedule, which will feature seven home contests, three games in the Great Alaska Shootout and three road games against 2009 NCAA Tournament teams.

The Sooners, who went 30-6 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight last season, will play at least six teams that advanced to postseason play a year ago and possibly a seventh if it meets Washington State in the Great Alaska Shootout.

Featured games include back-to-back home outings against Arizona (in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series) and Arkansas, and road contests against a trio of teams in VCU, Utah and Gonzaga that combined to go 76-26 last season.

The Sooners will play three games in the Great Alaska Shootout Nov. 25-28, including contests against San Diego (16-16 last year) and Houston (21-12) in the first two rounds. They will face Washington State (17-16), Nicholls State (20-11) or Alaska Anchorage (15-14) in the third round.

UTEP (23-14) will be OU's opponent in the All-College Classic Dec. 21 in Oklahoma City.

Arizona, Gonzaga, Utah and VCU all participated in the NCAA Tournament last year, with Arizona and Gonzaga advancing to the Sweet 16. UTEP reached to the College Basketball Invitational finals before losing to Oregon State. Houston also competed in the CBI, while Washington State reached the postseason NIT.

"This is a competitive non-conference schedule that will challenge our young team," said OU head coach Jeff Capel. "Several of these teams had great seasons last year and return big-time players. Guys like Matt Bouldin of Gonzaga, Larry Sanders of VCU and Nic Wise of Arizona -- all three of them are on the Wooden preseason top-50 list. This schedule will really help prepare us for play in the Big 12, which I think will be the strongest conference in the country."

Also on the home schedule are Mount St. Mary's (19-14) in the Nov. 14 season opener, Lousiana-Monroe (10-20), Centenary (8-23), Northern Colorado (14-18) and Maryland Eastern Shore (7-23).

The Sooners will play a single exhibition game Nov. 3 at home against the University of British Columbia. OU beat UBC during its Labor Day exhibition tour of the Vancouver area in 2007.

Nov. 3 — University of British Columbia (Exhibition) — Norman
Nov. 14 — Mount St. Mary's — Norman
Nov. 17 — Louisiana-Monroe — Norman
Nov. 21 — at Virginia Commonwealth — Richmond
Nov. 25 — San Diego* — Anchorage
Nov. 26 — Houston* — Anchorage
Nov. 28 — TBD* — Anchorage
Dec. 2 — Arkansas — Norman
Dec. 6 — Arizona# — Norman
Dec. 9 — Centenary — Norman
Dec. 12 — at Utah — Salt Lake City
Dec. 19 — Northern Colorado — Norman
Dec. 21 — UTEP% — Oklahoma City
Dec. 31 — at Gonzaga — Spokane
Jan. 4 — Maryland Eatsern-Shore — Norman
Jan. 9 — at Baylor — Waco
Jan. 11 — Oklahoma State — Norman
Jan. 16 — Missouri — Norman
Jan. 19 — at Texas A&M — College Station
Jan. 23 — at Texas Tech — Lubbock
Jan. 27 — Iowa State — Norman
Jan. 30 — at Nebraska — Lincoln
Feb. 6 — Texas — Norman
Feb. 9 — Texas Tech — Norman
Feb. 13 — at Oklahoma State — Stillwater
Feb. 17 — at Colorado — Boulder
Feb. 20 — Kansas State — Norman
Feb. 22 — at Kansas — Lawrence
Feb. 27 — Baylor — Norman
Mar. 1 — at Texas — Austin
Mar. 6 — Texas A&M — Norman
Mar. 11-14 — Big 12 Tournament — Kansas City

* Great Alaska Shootout
# Big 12/Pac-10 Challenge
% All College Classic

 

[Sam]

And the first game is the same day as the OU-Texas A&M home game, which could be really good for attendance or not so good.

 

[sooner333]

Here's with tip-times and TV: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/okla/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/090309_MBBschedule.pdf

I'm a bit dissapointed that Arizona is a 6 PM tip-off on ESPNU.

 

[Sam]

11:00 tip vs A&M on a Saturday, maybe I just won't go to sleep friday.

 

[Sid]

"This is a competitive non-conference schedule that will challenge our young team," said OU head coach Jeff Capel. "Several of these teams had great seasons last year and return big-time players. Guys like Matt Bouldin of Gonzaga, Larry Sanders of VCU and Nic Wise of Arizona -- all three of them are on the Wooden preseason top-50 list. This schedule will really help prepare us for play in the Big 12, which I think will be the strongest conference in the country."

:clap

 

[SoonerfanTU]

Typical (not saying that as a bad thing) OU schedule. Couple patsies, couple of tough games, and a few that are in between. Good mix.

 

[Krugerfan52]

I actually think this is top a typical OU schedule. During many Sampson's years here our non-conference schedules were made up of 8 or 9 creampuffs and 2 tough games against top 10 teams like Maryland, Michigan State or UCONN.

This schedule doesn't have any top 10 teams, but it certainly doesn't have many creampuffs. It's a 14-game schedule and 8 or 9 games are going to be challenging. It's kind of similar to last year's schedule, but not to many of the past IMO