Sooners Return to McCasland Field House for Tuesday Night Game

Tuesday, November 11

Norman, Okla.

7 p.m.

University of Oklahoma

Arkansas - Pine Bluff

Mohamed Wague dunks during a game at McCasland Field House in 2024.

Photo by: Morgan Givens/University of Oklahoma

Sooners Return to McCasland Field House for Tuesday Night Game

November 10, 2025 | Men's Basketball

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NORMAN — The Oklahoma men's basketball team (1-1) hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-3) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT in Norman. The game will be played at historic McCasland Field House, which served as OU Men's Basketball's home from 1928 to 1975, in the heart of OU's campus.

The contest is a "student-appreciation" game, with almost all tickets designated for university students. This is the third straight year for the Sooners to play at McCasland Field House, home to OU's men's gymnastics, volleyball and wrestling programs.

Tuesday's contest will stream on SEC Network+ with Chad McKee (play-by-play) and Bryndon Manzer (analyst) announcing. It will air on the Sooner Sports Radio Network (KRXO 107.7 FM The Franchise in Oklahoma City; KTBZ 1430 AM in Tulsa; Varsity Radio App) with Toby Rowland (play-by-play) and Kevin Henry (analyst) on the call.

Picture of McCasland Field House from 1928

Picture of McCasland Field House from 1928

Oklahoma vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 11
Tip Time: 7 p.m. CT
Location: Norman, Okla.
Arena: McCasland Field House

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OPENING TIP

• After posting a 102-66 season-opening home win over Saint Francis, OU dropped an 83-68 contest at No. 21/20 Gonzaga on Saturday. It snapped a streak of 16 straight regular season non-conference wins for the Sooners.

• Tuesday's game will mark the fourth of 11 away from home for UAPB to open its season. The Lions, who don't play a home game until Dec. 15, have lost at Washington (94-50), Portland (83-74) and Loyola Marymount (94-72).

• McCasland Field House was named after 1910s Sooner standout center Howard McCasland and was the men's basketball program's home from 1928 to 1975. This will be the fourth regular season game inside McCasland since Lloyd Noble Center opened in December 1975, with the Sooners beating Texas A&M-Corpus Christi in 2012-13 (72-42), Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 2023-24 (107-86) and Alcorn State last season (94-78) to run their all-time record in the venue to 322-153 (.678). OU also won preseason exhibition games there against Athletes First in 2001, Central Oklahoma in 2012 and Oklahoma Christian in 2013.

• OU owns a 4-0 all-time record vs. UAPB, with all games played in Norman. In addition to the game two years ago at McCasland Field House, the Sooners posted wins in 1997-98 (82-51), 2003-04 (94-24) and 2022-23 (66-58) at Lloyd Noble Center.

• Fifth-year Oklahoma head coach Porter Moser is 46-8 (.852) in regular season non-conference play with the Sooners.

• OU has won 16 of its last 17 regular season non-conference games (it went 13-0 last season) and 29 of its last 31.

• UAPB is under the direction of fifth-year head coach Solomon Bozeman, who spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Oral Roberts, including the 2020-21 campaign when the 15th-seeded Golden Eagles beat No. 2 seed Ohio State and No. 7 seed Florida to advance to the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16.

MORE ON MCCASLAND

• The first basketball game played at McCasland Field House (then just the "OU Field House") was on Jan. 13, 1928, a 45-19 Oklahoma victory over Phog Allen's Kansas team. Allen suffered only one worse loss in his 38-year KU coaching career. The 1927-28 Sooners were coached by Hugh McDermott and finished 18-0, one of four undefeated seasons in program history (Bennie Owen's squads finished 8-0 in 1909-10 and 1912-13, and 12-0 in 1918-19).

• As Field House occupants, the Sooners won seven conference tournaments, participated in two NCAA Final Fours (the first NCAA Tournament in 1939 and in 1947 [reached the championship game], both under head coach Bruce Drake, and saw 11 players combine for 16 All-America honors, including Helms Foundation Player of the Year Gerald Tucker in 1947-48.

• McCasland Field House hosted a wealth of prominent non-sporting events. Numerous big-name entertainers took the stage in the now-98-year-old building, including Duke Ellington in 1956, Ray Charles in 1962, Johnny Mathis, Roger Miller and Lou Rawls in 1967, Simon & Garfunkel in 1968, Aretha Franklin and Sonny & Cher in 1969, and Three Dog Night, Jimi Hendrix, Grand Funk Railroad and Moody Blues in 1970.

EARLY SEASON NUGGETS

• Six Sooners have scored in double figures in one or both of the first two games and four of them are averaging at least 10.0 points. Starting guards Xzayvier Brown and Nijel Pack lead the way with 18.5 and 17.0 respective averages, while forwards Tae Davis and Kuol Atak average 11.0 and 10.0 points. Forward/center Mohamed Wague and forward Derrion Reid each average 9.0. Wague scored a career-high 16 in the opener against Saint Francis and Reid netted 11 at Gonzaga.

• Brown, who has team highs of seven assists and four steals, is shooting .542 from the field, .500 (4 for 8) from 3-point range and .875 (7 for 8) from the free throw line.

• OU ranked 321st last season with its 2.3 blocked shots per game, but through two games this year is averaging 6.5 to rank second in the SEC.

• Wague tied his career high with three blocked shots in each of the first two games and is tied for the SEC lead with his 3.0 rejections per contest.

• OU, which ranked fourth nationally last season with its school-record .795 free throw figure, has picked up where it left off. It ranks second in the SEC with its .806 mark (29 for 36). Reid leads the team with nine makes on 10 attempts.

PLENTY OF NEW FACES

• Eight of the 14 players on OU's roster are new in 2025-26, and three more were on the Sooners' roster last season but did not play.

• In the offseason, 247Sports ranked all four of OU's transfers among the SEC's top 19. Guard Xzayvier Brown (Saint Joseph's) was ranked No. 8, forward Derrion Reid (Alabama) No. 9, guard Nijel Pack (Miami, Fla.) No. 11 and forward Tae Davis (Notre Dame) No. 19.

• Kai Rogers highlights OU's freshman class. The 6-10 forward/center, who was a consensus four-star prospect and the No. 66 player in the 2025 recruiting class according to Rivals, was high school teammates in Wisconsin with freshman guard Jake Hansen. Rogers played six minutes in his season debut Saturday at Gonzaga after missing the opener due to injury. The Sooners also signed 7-0 forward Andreas Holst from Denmark and 6-7 forward Finley Keeffe from California, who have yet to play.

• The Sooners also returned three players who redshirted last season: senior guards Jadon Jones and Jeff Nwankwo and freshman forward Kuol Atak. Jones has missed the first two games due to injury, while Nwankwo and Atak have seen ample minutes off the bench. Atak is averaging 10.0 points in 18.4 minutes a game and led the team with 18 points in his collegiate debut against Saint Francis. Nwankwo is averaging 4.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 21.1 minutes per contest.

PICK YOUR POISON

• The Sooners boast five players who have scored at least 25 points in at least one collegiate game. They are super senior guard Nijel Pack (career-high 35 points with Kansas State against Kansas in 2022), junior guard Xzayvier Brown (career-high 29 points with Saint Joseph's vs. Loyola Chicago in 2024), senior forward Tae Davis (career-high 27 twice with Notre Dame), redshirt senior guard Jadon Jones (career-high 27 with Long Beach State vs. UCLA in 2022) and sophomore guard Dayton Forsythe (career-high 25 vs. Ole Miss last season).

LOADED HOME SEC SLATE

• All nine SEC teams that play in Norman this season made last year's NCAA Tournament, including national champion Florida, Final Four participant Auburn, Elite Eight participant Alabama and Sweet 16 teams Arkansas and Ole Miss.

• OU's other league foes that will visit Lloyd Noble Center are Georgia, Missouri, Texas and Texas A&M.

UP NEXT

• The Sooners will head to Sioux Falls, S.D., to take on Nebraska on Saturday at 6 p.m. CT. The contest will be played at Sanford Pentagon and will air on Big Ten Network.