Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboys Announce Basketball Schedule
October 13, 1999 | Cowboy Basketball
Oct. 13, 1999
STILLWATER, Okla. ? Thirteen games against teams that reached postseason play in 1999 highlight the OSU men?s basketball schedule released today.
In addition to the Big 12 slate, which includes NCAA entrants Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas as well as NIT competitors Colorado, Kansas State and Nebraska, Oklahoma State faces a nonconference slate that boasts three 1999 NCAA Tournament teams and one NIT team.
The nonleague schedule is highlighted by a pair of high-profile doubleheaders. OSU plays at UNLV in the Las Vegas Showdown on Dec. 18, the other game in the Showdown matches Nebraska with Arizona. The Cowboys will also face LSU in the Sugar Bowl Classic on Dec. 30 following a game between Missouri and Kentucky.
Both doubleheaders will be nationally televised ? the Showdown on ESPN and the Classic on Fox Sports Net ? and tip off an OSU television schedule that boasts at least 15 televised games, including six national telecasts.
The Big 12 schedule opens at home Jan. 8, when OSU hosts Texas Tech. Other highlights in league play include a Jan. 19 encounter with 1999 conference regular-season champion Texas, an ESPN-televised Big Monday clash with 1999 Big 12 Tournament Champion Kansas on Feb. 7, and a March 4 contest with in-state rival Oklahoma. The Bedlam game will be the last regularly scheduled basketball game in Gallagher-Iba Arena before the building?s capacity doubles prior to the 2000-01 season.
The Cowboys open their season Friday, Nov. 19, when the America?s Youth Classic, sponsored by the Eddie Robinson Foundation, begins at Gallagher-Iba Arena. On the first night, OSU faces Appalachian State after Oral Roberts faces Idaho, in the opener, ORU coach Scott Sutton, a son of Cowboys coach Eddie Sutton, makes his head coaching debut. The Cowboys play Idaho and ORU faces Appalachian State on Saturday, Nov. 20, in the second and final day of the Classic.
Other key dates on the nonconference schedule are Nov. 23, when OSU visits Arkansas-Little Rock, coached by former Eddie Sutton-coached Arkansas star Sidney Moncrief, in the Trojans? first-ever game in their new ALLTEL Arena, and Dec. 12, when the Cowboys square off with Steve Fisher-coached San Diego State at the Myriad in Oklahoma City.
OSU?s quest for a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance and its eighth berth in 10 years officially begins when practice for the 1999-2000 season opens this Saturday.
1999-2000 Oklahoma State Men's Basketball Schedule
Date Opponent Time Wednesday, Nov. 10 Athletes First (Exh.) 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 Global Sports (Exh.) 7:05 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 Appalachian State# 8:40 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 20 Idaho# 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 23 at UALR 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27 North Texas 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 1 Wichita State 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4 Texas-San Antonio 7:05 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12 vs. San Diego State& 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15 Alcorn State 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 at UNLV$ 11 p.m. (9 p.m. PST) ESPN Tuesday, Dec. 21 at Washington 9 p.m. (7 p.m. PST) Thursday, Dec. 30 vs. LSU@ 9 p.m. Fox Sports Net Wednesday, Jan. 5 Langston 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 8 Texas Tech* 12:45 p.m. Big 12 TV Saturday, Jan. 15 at Baylor* 3 p.m. Big 12 TV Wednesday, Jan. 19 Texas* 8 p.m. Big 12 TV Saturday, Jan. 22 at Texas A&M* 12:45 p.m. Big 12 TV Wednesday, Jan. 26 at Kansas State* 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30 Baylor* 12 p.m. Big 12 TV Wednesday, Feb. 2 at Texas Tech* 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5 Texas A&M* TBA Monday, Feb. 7 Kansas* 8 p.m. ESPN Saturday, Feb. 12 at Oklahoma* 3 p.m. Big 12 TV Wednesday, Feb. 16 at Texas* 8 p.m. Big 12 TV Saturday, Feb. 19 Nebraska* 6 p.m. ESPN Monday, Feb. 21 at Missouri* 8 p.m. ESPN Saturday, Feb. 26 at Iowa State* 3 p.m. Big 12 TV Wednesday, March 1 Colorado* 7:05 p.m. Saturday, March 4 Oklahoma* 8 p.m. ESPN Thur.-Sun., March 9-12 Big 12 Championship Big 12 TV/ESPN Thur.-Sun., March 16-19 NCAA Tourn. First/Second Rounds CBS Thur.-Sun., March 23-26 NCAA Tournament Regionals CBS Saturday, April 1 NCAA Tourn. Semifinals CBS Monday, April 3 NCAA Championship CBS All times are Central Standard, where different, local times are noted in parentheses. # - America's Youth Classic, Stillwater, Okla. & - at the Myriad, Oklahoma City, Okla. $ - Las Vegas Showdown, Las Vegas, Nev. @ - Sugar Bowl Classic, New Orleans, La. * - Big 12 games
