Cowboys Release Full 2023-24 Hoops Schedule

Oklahoma State rolled out its complete 2023-24 men's basketball schedule Tuesday morning.

The Cowboys will appear 19 times at Gallagher-Iba Arena, beginning with a Nov. 1 exhibition game against Oklahoma Baptist. The season officially opens Monday, Nov. 6 against Abilene Christian.

All 31 regular season contests will air on the ESPN Family of Networks, which includes ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN+.

The Cowboys could play as many as 14 games against 2023 NCAA tournament teams and up to 18 against foes that finished among the top-100 in last year's NCAA NET Rankings. The Big 12 has graded out as KenPom's highest-rated conference in eight of the last 10 seasons.

Non-conference highlights include a visit from consensus preseason top-10 Creighton, a neutral court clash with Tulsa at Oklahoma City's Paycom Center and a trip to Brooklyn, N.Y. for the Legends Classic.

10 of OSU's 18 league games fall on Saturdays, including the Jan. 6 opener against Baylor, the Mar. 9 finale at BYU, and both Bedlam contests.

OSU and Oklahoma meet Feb. 10 in Norman and Feb. 24 in Stillwater in what will be the final chapter of their Big 12 rivalry. The in-state foes have played at least two times in every season since 1928. The Cowboys swept all three 2022-23 matchups, capped by a win the first round of the conference tournament.

The rest of the Big 12 home lineup features Kansas (Tuesday, Jan. 16), TCU (Tuesday, Jan. 23), West Virginia (Saturday, Jan. 27), Kansas State (Saturday, Feb. 3) and conference newcomers BYU (Saturday, Feb. 17) and UCF (Wednesday, Feb. 28). Senior Night is Tuesday, Mar. 5 against Texas Tech.

A super-sized Big 12 Championship runs Tuesday through Sunday, Mar. 12-16 in Kansas City. First-round play-in games feature the 11-14 seeds. Winners square off the following day against the 5-8 seeds for a spot in Thursday's quarterfinals.

The non-conference schedule has a mixture of new and old foes.

The Nov. 6 season opener against Abilene Christian marks the first meeting between the schools since 1969.

Sam Houston invades GIA for the second straight year on Sunday, Nov. 12. The Bearkats (26-9, No. 69 in the NCAA NET) made the jump to Conference USA over the summer after winning the 2023 WAC regular season title. OSU won last year's matchup at GIA behind 18 points from Bryce Thompson.

A mid-November appearance in the Legends Classic will mark OSU's fourth separate visit to the Barclays Center under Brooklyn native Mike Boynton Jr. The Cowboys open Nov. 16 against St. Bonaventure and will draw either Auburn or Notre Dame the following day.

Thanksgiving Week brings home contests against New Orleans (Monday, Nov. 20) and Houston Christian (Friday, Nov. 24).

Creighton is in town Thursday, Nov. 30 as part of the ongoing Big East-Big 12 Battle series. The Bluejays came up a point shy of the Final Four last spring, falling to San Diego State in the Midwest Regional Final.

OSU tips off December with its only true road game of the non-conference slate against a Southern Illinois team that won 24 games last year – one of them at GIA.

The 115^th all-time meeting between OSU and Tulsa -- scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 10 -- will be their first at Oklahoma City's Paycom Center. The Cowboys defeated the Golden Hurricane 82-56 in Stillwater last season.

OSU bookends the holiday break with home games against Oral Roberts (Dec. 17), Wofford (Dec. 20), South Carolina State (Dec. 31) and Chicago State (Jan. 3). ORU is coming off a 30-win season and an undefeated run through the Summit League. Wofford and SCSU are both first-time foes.

The Cowboys will have a new look in 2023-24. Veteran guards Bryce Thompson and John-Michael Wright are joined by a top-10 freshman recruiting class that includes McDonald's All-American Brandon Garrison and Team USA U19 standout Eric Dailey Jr. and a trio of experienced transfers in Javon Small (ECU), Mike Marsh (Jacksonville) and Jarius Hicklen (North Florida).

Cowboy basketball season tickets are on sale now and start at just $150. Visit okstate.com/tickets or call 877-ALL-4-OSU to purchase tickets or for more information.

2023-24 Oklahoma State Men's Basketball Schedule:
All Times Central; Home games in BOLD CAPS

Wed. Nov. 1 – OKLAHOMA BAPTIST (Exhibition) (7 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Mon. Nov. 6 – ABILENE CHRISTIAN (8 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sun. Nov. 12 – SAM HOUSTON (2 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Thurs. Nov. 16 – vs. St. Bonaventure ^ (5:30 p.m.) -- ESPNU
Fri. Nov. 17 – vs. Auburn / Notre Dame ^ (3:30/6 p.m.) -- ESPNU/2
Mon. Nov. 20 – NEW ORLEANS (7 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Fri. Nov. 24 – HOUSTON CHRISTIAN (7 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Thurs. Nov. 30 -- CREIGHTON (8 p.m.) -- ESPN2
Tues. Dec. 5 -- at Southern Illinois (Time TBA) – Network TBA
Sun. Dec. 10 – vs. Tulsa % (5:30 p.m.) -- ESPNU
Sun. Dec. 17 – ORAL ROBERTS (4 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Wed. Dec. 20 -- WOFFORD (7 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sun. Dec. 31 – SOUTH CAROLINA ST. (2 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Wed. Jan. 3 – CHICAGO ST. (6 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sat. Jan. 6 – BAYLOR* (2 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Tues. Jan. 9 -- at Texas Tech* (7 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sat. Jan. 13 -- at Iowa St.* (5 p.m.) -- ESPN2
Tues. Jan. 16 – KANSAS* (8 p.m.) -- ESPN
Sat. Jan. 20 -- at Kansas St.* (6 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Tues. Jan. 23 – TCU* (8 p.m.) -- ESPNU
Sat. Jan. 27 – WEST VIRGINIA* (1 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Tues. Jan. 30 -- at Kansas* (8 p.m.) -- ESPN
Sat. Feb. 3 – KANSAS ST.* (1 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Tues. Feb. 6 -- at Houston* (6 p.m.) -- ESPN / 2
Sat. Feb. 10 -- at Oklahoma* (6 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sat. Feb. 17 – BYU* (1 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Wed. Feb. 21 -- at Cincinnati* (6 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sat. Feb. 24 – OKLAHOMA* (3 p.m.) -- ESPN / 2
Wed. Feb. 28 – UCF* (7 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sat. Mar. 2 -- at Texas* (1 p.m.) -- ESPN / 2
Tues. Mar. 5 – TEXAS TECH* (7 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Sat. Mar. 9 -- at BYU* (8 p.m.) -- ESPN+
Tues.-Sat., Mar. 12-16 – Big 12 Championship (T-Mobile Center, Kansas City, Mo.)

^ = Legends Classic Presented by Old Trapper (Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.)
# = Big 12/ Big East Battle
% = at Paycom Center (Oklahoma City)
* = Big 12 Conference game

Oklahoma State University Athletics

Players Mentioned

Eric Dailey Jr.

Brandon Garrison

Jarius Hicklen

Mike Marsh

Javon Small

Bryce Thompson

John-Michael Wright

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