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OU Softball: Five of Oklahoma's Regular Season Contests Selected for National Television

The No. 1-ranked Sooners will have five of their Big 12 contests broadcast nationally as OU chases its fourth-straight national title in 2024.

Ryan Chapman

OU Softball: Five of Oklahoma's Regular Season Contests Selected for National Television
OU Softball: Five of Oklahoma's Regular Season Contests Selected for National Television /

Ahead of the 2024 season, five Oklahoma softball games have been selected to be aired nationally.

ESPN picked up a pair of No. 1 OU’s battles against No. 8 Texas.

The contest between the Sooners and the Longhorns on April 5 will be broadcast on ESPNU at 5:30 p.m., and then the April 6 battle between the Red River Rivals will air on ESPN at 7 p.m.

All three Bedlam contests were also selected.

The first game of the series from Love’s Field will be broadcast on FST on May 3 at 6;30 p.m., and then ESPNU will carry the May 4 meeting at 4 p.m. and the May 5 matchup at 4 p.m.

Game 3 of the Big 12 Tournament will air on ESPNU, and the Big 12 Tournament Championship will be on ESPN 2 on May 11 at 6:30 p.m.

Patty Gasso’s Sooners will begin another national title defense in Mexico at the Puerto Vallarta College Challenge. OU will start the season on Feb. 8 with a pair of games, first taking on Utah Valley at 10:30 a.m. before rolling into its second contest of the day against No. 11 Duke at 1 p.m.

All of Oklahoma’s games in Mexico will broadcast on FloSoftball, as will OU’s five contests at the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic from Feb. 23-25.

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Ryan Chapman
RYAN CHAPMAN

Ryan is deputy editor at AllSooners 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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