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OU Basketball: Oklahoma Announces Non-Conference Slate

The Sooners have an appealing schedule outside of league play this season, including a home clash with Georgia Tech and contests away from Norman against Oklahoma State and Michigan.

John E. Hoover

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Porter Moser
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Oklahoma dropped its non-conference basketball schedule on Thursday, and the Sooners have an appealing slate before jumping into Southeastern Conference play.

OU will play eight non-conference home games, including a game against Georgia Tech in the SEC-ACC Challenge on Dec. 3.Β 

Porter Moser’s Sooners also rekindle Bedlam on Dec. 14 in Oklahoma City, have a showdown with Michigan in the Jumpman Invitational in Charlotte, NC, on Dec. 18, and will play three games in The Bahamas in the Battle 4 Atlantis.

OU’s home schedule opens on Nov. 4 against Lindenwood. The Sooners then play Nov. 11 against Northwestern State (LA) before hosting Stetson on Nov. 16 and Texas A&M-Commerce on Nov. 21.

After the Battle 4 Atlantis (OU opens with Providence on Nov. 27, plays Davidson or Arizona on Nov. 28, and will see Gonzaga, Indiana, Louisville or West Virginia on Nov. 29), the Sooners will welcome the Yellow Jackets to Lloyd Noble Center on Dec. 3.

Alcorn State comes to Norman on Dec. 7 for the students-only game in McCasland Field House, and a week later, OU meets Oklahoma State at Paycom Center in OKC.

Following the clash with Michigan at the Jumpman, OU returns home for two games against Central Arkansas and Prairie View A&M on Dec. 22 and Dec. 29.

The Sooners open SEC play on Jan. 4 at Alabama.

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John E. Hoover
JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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