Report: OU, OSU finalize deal to play basketball Dec. 14 in Oklahoma City
- Aug 22, 2024 Updated Aug 22, 2024
Mason Young
Tulsa World Sports WriterBedlam basketball is a go.
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have finalized a contract for their men’s hoops teams to meet on the hardwood Dec. 14 in Oklahoma City, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported Thursday.
Rothstein had previously reported in June from an interview with new OSU coach Steve Lutz that the Sooners and Cowboys were “on track” to play in mid-December at the Paycom Center in downtown Oklahoma City.
The now finalized nonconference matchup for the 2024-25 season keeps alive the in-state rivalry in the wake of Oklahoma’s move from the Big 12 to the SEC in July.
OU and OSU were always home and home opponents while in the Big 12 together, but this new one-off arrangement seems likely to continue in the future now that they’re in separate leagues.
Some will say they’d prefer the schools find a way to play home and home every year, or to at least alternate the single nonconference games between the Norman and Stillwater campuses.
But for now, in this new era of college sports paved by conference realignment, at least Bedlam men’s basketball has a first date.
