• Saturday’s game is Oklahoma’s 235th meeting with oklahoma state, with the Sooners winning 18 of the last 27 bedlam meetings - including eight of the last 10. OU owns a 137-97 all-time advantage in the series, with osu holding a 63-45 lead in stillwater. Oklahoma has won at gallagher-iba arena in three of the last four seasons.
• OU is 10-4 against the cowboys during the Lon Kruger era (3-3 in stillwater). Saturday’s meeting with osu will be the second matchup since mike boynton took over as the cowboys’ head coach.
• The Sooners will be going for a season sweep of oklahoma state, having defeated the cowboys, 109-89, on Jan. 3 in Norman. Oklahoma has swept the bedlam series six times since 2006 (osu has swept just once in that span). Since 2006, OU is 6-2 in the second bedlam game after winning that years first bedlam matchup.