Sooners Land Three-Seed for Big 12 Championship

IRVING, Texas – The University of Oklahoma baseball team will be the three-seed in next week's Big 12 Championship at Oklahoma City's Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. The Sooners finish third in the league standings for the second time in three seasons with a 12-11 conference record and 34-20 mark overall.

Oklahoma faces six-seed Texas on Wednesday, May 24 at 7:30 p.m. The Sooners lost two out of three in Austin this season. The Longhorns finished the regular season at 34-20 overall and 11-12 in the Big 12.

All-time, Oklahoma is 1-4 against Texas in the Big 12 Championship. The two teams have not taken the field together in the postseason since 2008. As the three-seed two years ago in Tulsa, the Sooners went 2-2, advancing to Saturday in the tournament.

Oklahoma has twice won the Big 12 Championship. The Sooners won the inaugural tournament in 1997 and followed with a title in 2013. Oklahoma is 36-33 in 20 Big 12 Championships and is one of just two teams to qualify for all 21 in the league's history.

Wednesday, May 24
Session One
Game 1: No. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 5 Baylor - 9:00 a.m.
Game 2: No. 1 Texas Tech vs. No. 8 Oklahoma State - 12:30 p.m.

Session Two
Game 3: No. 2 TCU vs. No. 7 Kansas - 4:00 p.m.
Game 4: No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 Texas - 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 25
Session Three
Game 5: Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser - 9:00 a.m.
Game 6: Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser - 12:30 p.m.

Session Four
Game 7: Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner - 4:00 p.m.
Game 8: Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner - 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 26
Session Five
Game 9: Game 7 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner - 3:15 p.m.
Game 10: Game 8 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner - 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 27
Session Six
Game 11: Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner - 9:00 a.m.
Game 12: Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner - 12:30 p.m.

Session Seven
*Game 13: Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11, If Necessary - 4:00 p.m.
**Game 14: Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12, If Necessary*** - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 28
Session Eight
Game 15: Championship Game - 1:00 p.m.

Times listed in Central.

*Game 13 will be necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11.
**Game 14 will be necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12.
***If Game 13 is unnecessary, Game 14 will be played at 4:30 p.m. rather than 7:30 p.m.

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Sooners Land Three-Seed for Big 12 Championship

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