OU's Big 12 Men's Basketball Schedule Announced

NORMAN — The Big 12 Conference released its 90-game 2016 men's basketball schedule Thursday, completing Oklahoma's 2015-16 slate. The Sooners will begin their league schedule at home against Iowa State on Saturday, Jan. 2 and will have all 18 of their conference games televised nationally.

Head coach Long Kruger's Sooners will play their other eight league home games Jan. 9 vs. Kansas State (ESPNEWS), Jan. 16 vs. West Virginia (ESPN or ESPN2), Jan. 26 vs. Texas Tech (ESPN2), Feb. 2 vs. TCU (ESPNEWS), Feb. 8 vs. Texas (ESPN Big Monday), Feb. 13 vs. Kansas (ESPN or ESPN2), Feb. 24 vs. Oklahoma State (ESPNU) and March 1 vs. Baylor (ESPN2).

OU will play its nine road games Jan. 4 at Kansas (ESPN Big Monday), Jan. 13 at Oklahoma State (ESPNU), Jan. 18 at Iowa State (ESPN Big Monday), Jan. 23 at Baylor (ESPN or ESPN2), Feb. 6 at Kansas State (ESPNU), Feb. 17 at Texas Tech (ESPNU), Feb. 20 at West Virginia (ESPN or ESPN2), Feb. 27 at Texas (CBS) and March 5 at TCU (ESPNEWS).

The Sooners' game at Texas will mark their first regular season contest on CBS since the 2005-06 season.

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship will be played March 9-12 (Wednesday-Saturday) at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

The televised conference games are being carried as part of a multi-year agreement with ESPN that runs through the 2024-25 season. No fewer than 100 games overall (conference and non-conference) will air annually.

The Big 12 is the only one of its peer conferences to play a full double-round-robin schedule in basketball. Last year the Big 12 sent seven teams to the NCAA Tournament and was rated No. 1 in the RPI, both for the second straight campaign. Five of those seven teams were seeded fifth or better in the tournament, tying the ACC for the most of any conference. OU, Iowa State and Kansas are all ranked in the top 10 of ESPN's summer preseason poll.

The Sooners return four starters, 75 percent of their scoring, 74 percent of their rebounding and 83 percent of their assists from the 2014-15 squad that went 24-11 and finished in a tie for second place in the Big 12. Among the returnees is senior guard Buddy Hield, who led the league in scoring last year (17.4 ppg) and was the Big 12 Player of the Year. OU went to its third straight NCAA Tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time under Kruger.

OU's entire 2015-16 Big 12 schedule appears below. Dates and times are subject to change. For ticket information, contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office by phone at (800) 456-4668 or by email at outickets@ou.edu.

2015-16 OU Men's Basketball Schedule (all times Central)
Date	Opponent	Site	Time	TV
Nov. 6	Washburn (Ex.)	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Nov. 12	Mid-America Christian (Ex.)	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Nov. 17	at Memphis	Memphis, Tenn.	4 p.m.	ESPN
Nov. 20	McNeese State	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Nov. 24	Incarnate Word	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Nov. 29	Wisconsin	Norman	1:30 p.m.	ESPN2
Dec. 3	Central Arkansas	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Dec. 7	vs. Villanova	Honolulu, Hawai'i	6 p.m.	FOX Sports 1
Dec. 12	Oral Roberts	Norman	TBD	TBD
Dec. 19	Creighton	Norman	TBD	TBD
Dec. 22	vs. Washington State #	Honolulu, Hawai'i	10 p.m.	ESPNU
Dec. 23	vs. TBA #	Honolulu, Hawai'i	TBD	TBD
Dec. 25	vs. TBA #	Honolulu, Hawai'i	TBD	TBD
Jan. 2	Iowa State	Norman	6 p.m.	ESPN2
Jan. 4	at Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.	8 p.m.	ESPN
Jan. 9	Kansas State	Norman	TBD	ESPNEWS
Jan. 13	at Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Okla.	8 p.m.	ESPNU
Jan. 16	West Virginia	Norman	3 p.m.	ESPN/2
Jan. 18	at Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	8 p.m.	ESPN
Jan. 23	at Baylor	Waco, Texas	11 a.m.	ESPN/2
Jan. 26	Texas Tech	Norman	6 p.m.	ESPN2
Jan. 30	at LSU %	Baton Rouge, La.	TBD	ESPN
Feb. 2	TCU	Norman	7 p.m.	ESPNEWS
Feb. 6	at Kansas State	Manhattan, Kan.	5 p.m.	ESPNU
Feb. 8	Texas	Norman	8 p.m.	ESPN
Feb. 13	Kansas	Norman	1 p.m.	ESPN/2
Feb. 17	at Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas	8 p.m.	ESPNU
Feb. 20	at West Virginia	Morgantown, W.Va.	3 p.m.	ESPN/2
Feb. 24	Oklahoma State	Norman	8 p.m.	ESPNU
Feb. 27	at Texas	Austin, Texas	1 p.m.	CBS
March 1	Baylor	Norman	7 p.m.	ESPN2
March 5	at TCU	Fort Worth, Texas	Noon	ESPNEWS