Oklahoma Announces Women's Basketball Non-Con Schedule

A neutral site slate that includes Ole Miss, North Carolina and Tennessee underscore the talent OU meet this season.

John E. Hoover | Aug 28, 2023

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By OU Media Relations

The University of Oklahoma announced its 2023-24 women's basketball non-conference schedule Monday.

Five of Oklahoma's 11 scheduled contests come against teams that made the 2023 NCAA Tournament, including neutral-site marquee matchups with Ole Miss, North Carolina and Tennessee.

Oklahoma opens the 2023-24 campaign with a Halloween night exhibition vs. West Texas A&M at Lloyd Noble Center on Oct. 31.

The regular season begins Monday, Nov. 6 when the Sooners host Wichita State in Norman.

Oklahoma then hits the road for a showdown with future SEC foe Ole Miss in Oxford, MS, on Thursday, Nov. 9. The Sooners knocked off the Rebels last season in Norman, 69-59, and head coach Jennie Baranczyk is 3-0 vs. SEC opponents at Oklahoma.

OU returns home for a two-game home swing against Oral Roberts (Nov. 12) and Alabama State (Nov. 15).

The homestand is followed by a three-game road stretch that begins Sunday, Nov. 19 when OU takes on Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. The Sooners then travel to the Sunshine State for the Fort Meyers Tip-Off, where they'll play Princeton on Thanksgiving (Nov. 23) and Tennessee on Saturday, Nov. 25. Both programs won games in the NCAA Tournament a year ago.

The Sooners will host Grambling State on Friday, Dec. 1 and then remain in Norman for a marquee matchup with defending, undefeated 2022 Mountain West Conference champion UNLV at Lloyd Noble Center on Dec. 9.

The Sooners and Tar Heels will meet at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C., for the Jumpman Invitational on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Last season, Oklahoma shined on the national stage at the Jumpman, dispatching Florida 95-79.

The non-conference slate closes on Dec. 22 with a home contest vs. Southern.

In her two seasons at Oklahoma, Baranczyk has guided the Sooners to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments and a 24-3 non-conference record, including a 14-1 mark at Lloyd Noble Center. The four Power Five opponents on this season's non-conference slate are tied with the 2021 schedule for the most since 2015.

Oklahoma's complete schedule, with conference games, tip times and TV information, will be revealed at a later date.

Published Aug 28, 2023

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.