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Oklahoma's First-Round Opponent in the NIT Revealed

The Sooners missed the NCAA Tournament, but Porter Moser's team will still host postseason games in Norman.
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Oklahoma's First-Round Opponent in the NIT Revealed
Oklahoma's First-Round Opponent in the NIT Revealed

Oklahoma’s path to through the NIT was revealed on Sunday night.

Selection Sunday ended in disappointment for Porter Moser’s Sooners. OU (18-15 overall, 7-11 in Big 12 play) missed the 68-team NCAA Tournament field, as the Selection Committee named the Sooners the second team out of the Big Dance.

As a result, Oklahoma was seeded in the NIT, and will have the option to host the opening rounds of the tournament as long as they stay alive in the tournament.

Earning the 1-seed in the NIT, Oklahoma will open the tournament against Missouri State who finished the season 23-10 out of the Missouri Valley Conference.

The opening round contest will be played on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. inside the Lloyd Noble Center, and it will be broadcast on ESPN. 

Should OU advance, they’ll play the winner of St. Bonaventure and the 4-seed, Colorado.

Matchups between 2-seeded North Texas and Texas State and 3-seeded Mississippi State and Virginia loom on the bottom half of OU’s NIT section.

The NIT is a 32-team tournament where the ultimate reward is a trip to Madison Square Garden. The NIT semifinals and final will play in New York City on March 29 and March 31.

Oklahoma’s best run in NIT history was a runner-up finish in 1991, when the Sooners fell to Stanford 78-72 in the championship. This will be the OU’s eighth appearance all-time in the NIT, and the Sooners’ last trip to the NIT was in 2004. 

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Ryan Chapman
RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is co-publisher at Sooners On SI and covers a number of sports in and around Norman and Oklahoma City. Working both as a journalist and a sports talk radio host, Ryan has covered the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the United States Men’s National Soccer Team, the Oklahoma City Energy and more. Since 2019, Ryan has simultaneously pursued a career as both a writer and a sports talk radio host, working for the Flagship for Oklahoma sports, 107.7 The Franchise, as well as AllSooners.com. Ryan serves as a contributor to The Franchise’s website, TheFranchiseOK.com, which was recognized as having the “Best Website” in 2022 by the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Ryan holds an associate’s degree in Journalism from Oklahoma City Community College in Oklahoma City, OK. 

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