OU's Big 12 Men's Basketball Schedule Announced

NORMAN — The Big 12 Conference released its 90-game 2016-17 men's basketball schedule Thursday, completing Oklahoma's slate for the upcoming season. The Sooners will begin their league schedule at home against Baylor on Friday, Dec. 30, and will have all 18 of their conference games televised nationally on an ESPN network.

Head coach Lon Kruger's Sooners will play their other eight league home games Jan. 10 vs. Kansas (ESPN2), Jan. 14 vs. Texas Tech (ESPNU), Jan. 21 vs. Iowa State (ESPN or ESPN2), Jan. 30 vs. Oklahoma State (ESPN Big Monday), Feb. 8 vs. West Virginia (ESPN2), Feb. 14 vs. Texas (ESPN2), Feb. 25 vs. Kansas State (ESPNU) and March 4 vs. TCU (ESPNEWS).

OU will play its nine road games Jan. 3 at TCU (ESPNU), Jan. 7 at Kansas State (ESPNEWS), Jan. 18 at West Virginia (ESPN2), Jan. 23 at Texas (ESPN Big Monday), Feb. 4 at Texas Tech (ESPNU), Feb. 11 at Iowa State (ESPN2), Feb. 18 at Oklahoma State (ESPNU), Feb. 21 at Baylor (ESPN2) and Feb. 27 at Kansas (ESPN Big Monday).

The Phillips 66 Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship will be played March 8-11 (Wednesday-Saturday) at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo.

Of the Big 12's 90 league contests in 2016-17, 85 matchups (94.4 percent) will be seen on a national platform - ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS or CBS Sports. The televised conference games are being carried as part of a multi-year agreement with ESPN that runs through the 2024-25 season.

The Big 12 is coming off its third straight campaign of sending a nation-leading seven teams to the NCAA Tournament. Last season, five of those seven teams were seeded fifth or better in the tournament, the most of any conference.

The announcement of the conference contests completes Oklahoma's 2016-17 season schedule. The Sooners will open the regular season on Nov. 13 by hosting Northwestern State. OU's non-conference play is highlighted by home games against Memphis (Dec. 17) and Florida (Jan. 28), a meeting with Wichita State at Chesapeake Energy Arena (Dec. 10) and a road contest against Wisconsin (Dec. 3). The Sooners will also participate in the Puerto Rico Classic in San Juan, P.R., (Nov. 17-20).

OU is coming off its fifth trip to the NCAA Final Four and its fourth straight NCAA Tournament appearance. The Sooners return starting guard Jordan Woodard, a senior, and starting forward Khadeem Lattin, a junior.

OU's entire 2016-17 schedule appears below. Dates and times are subject to change. Season tickets are now on sale here. For additional ticket information, contact the OU Athletics Ticket Office by phone at (800) 456-4668 or by email at outickets@ou.edu.

2016-17 OU Men's Basketball Schedule (all times Central)
Date	Opponent	Site	Time	TV
Nov. 8	Washburn (Ex.)	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Nov. 13	Northwestern State	Norman	2 p.m.	TBD
Nov. 17	vs. Tulane #	San Juan, P.R.	6 p.m.	ESPN2/U
Nov. 18	vs. Arizona State/Northern Iowa #	San Juan, P.R.	TBD	ESPNU
Nov. 20	vs. TBD	San Juan, P.R.	TBD	TBD
Nov. 25	Abilene Christian	Norman	2 p.m.	TBD
Nov. 29	Northern Colorado	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Dec. 3	Wisconsin	Madison, Wis.	TBD	TBD
Dec. 7	Oral Roberts	Norman	7 p.m.	TBD
Dec. 10	Wichita State $	Oklahoma City	3 p.m.	ESPN2
Dec. 17	Memphis	Norman	11:30 a.m.	CBS
Dec. 21	Auburn ^	Uncasville, Conn.	TBD	TBD
Dec. 30	Baylor	Norman	6 p.m.	ESPN2
Jan. 3	TCU	Fort Worth, Texas	8 p.m.	ESPNU
Jan. 7	Kansas State	Manhattan, Kan.	Noon	ESPNEWS
Jan. 10	Kansas	Norman	8 p.m.	ESPN2
Jan. 14	Texas Tech	Norman	7:30 p.m.	ESPNU
Jan. 18	at West Virginia	Morgantown, W.Va.	6 p.m.	ESPN2
Jan. 21	Iowa State	Norman	1 p.m.	ESPN/2
Jan. 23	at Texas	Austin, Texas	8 p.m.	ESPN
Jan. 28	Florida %	Norman	1 p.m.	ESPN
Jan. 30	Oklahoma State	Norman	8 p.m.	ESPN
Feb. 4	at Texas Tech	Lubbock, Texas	6 p.m.	ESPNU
Feb. 8	West Virginia	Norman	8 p.m.	ESPN2
Feb. 11	at Iowa State	Ames, Iowa	5 p.m.	ESPN2
Feb. 14	Texas	Norman	8 p.m.	ESPN2
Feb. 18	at Oklahoma State	Stillwater, Okla.	7 p.m.	ESPNU
Feb. 21	at Baylor	Waco, Texas	6 p.m.	ESPN2
Feb. 25	Kansas State	Norman	5 p.m.	ESPNU
Feb. 27	at Kansas	Lawrence, Kan.	8 p.m.	ESPN
March 4	TCU	Norman	TBD	ESPNEWS

# Puerto Rico Classic (field also includes Arizona State, Clemson, Davidson, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Tulane and Xavier)
$ Played at Chesapeake Energy Arena
^ Birthday of Basketball event
% SEC/Big 12 Challenge