2025–26 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
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The 2025–26 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sooners were led by head coach Porter Moser in his fifth year, and played their home games at Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma, as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record21–16 (7–11 SEC)
Headcoach
- Porter Moser (5th season)
Assistant coaches
- Justin Scott (1st season)
- Ryan Humphrey (4th season)
- Brock Morris (3rd season)
- Clayton Custer (3rd season)
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College Basketball Crown, Runners-up | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 21–16 (7–11 SEC) |
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| Home arena | Lloyd Noble Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Florida | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 Alabama | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Arkansas † | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 28 | – | 9 | .757 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Vanderbilt | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Tennessee | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 22 | – | 14 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Texas | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 21 | – | 16 | .568 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 22 | – | 16 | .579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 20 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSU | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Previous season
The Sooners finished the 2024–25 season 20–14, 6–12 in SEC Play to finish fourteenth place. They were defeated by Kentucky, 85–84, in the second round of the SEC tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost 67–59 in the first round to UConn.[1]
Offseason
Departures
NBA draft
| Player | Position |
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| Jeremiah Fears[2] | Guard |
Outgoing transfers
| Player | Position | Height | Weight | Year | New team |
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| Yaya Keita[3] | PF | 6'9 | 240 |  Redshirt junior |
Albany |
| Luke Northweather[4] | C | 6'11 | 240 | Redshirt sophomore |
Missouri |
| Jacolb Fredson-Cole[5] | PF | 6'7 | 185 | Redshirt freshman |
McNeese State |
| Duke Miles[6] | G | 6'2 | 170 | Senior | Vanderbilt |
Additions
Incoming transfers
| Player | Position | Height | Weight | Year | Former team |
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| Tae Davis[7] | PF | 6'9 | 240 | Junior | Notre Dame |
| Nijel Pack[8] | PG | 6'0 | 180 | Senior | Miami |
| Xzayvier Brown[9] | PG | 6'1 | 175 | Sophomore | Saint Joseph's |
| Derrion Reid[10] | SF | 6'7 | 200 | Freshman | Alabama |
| Kirill Elatontsev[11] | C | 6'11 | 240 | Senior | PBC Lokomotiv Kuban |
Recruiting
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Andreas Holst[12] PF |
Copenhagen, Denmark | Bears Academy | 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 16, 2024 | |
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| Alec Blair[13] SF |
Concord, California | De La Salle High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Jul 23, 2024 | |
Recruit ratings: Rivals:  247Sports: ESPN: (84) | ||||||
| Kai Rogers[14] C |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Overtime Elite | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 230 lb (100 kg) | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| Recruit ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (82) | ||||||
Roster
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Schedule and results
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 24, 2025* 7:00 p.m., B1G+ |
at No. 24 Wisconsin The Bad Boy Mowers Series - Milwaukee |
W 84–83 | – |
18 – Brown | 6 – Wague | 5 – Brown | Fiserv Forum (2,344) Milwaukee, WI | ||||
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| November 3, 2025* 7:30 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Saint Francis | W 102–66 | 1–0 |
18 – Atak | 10 – Wague | 6 – Brown | Lloyd Noble Center (6,476) Norman, OK | ||||
| November 8, 2025* 9:30 p.m., ESPN2 |
vs. No. 21 Gonzaga The Bad Boy Mowers Series - Spokane |
L 68–83 | 1–1 |
21 – Brown | 8 – Davis | 1 – Tied | Spokane Arena (11,081) Spokane, WA | ||||
| November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Arkansas–Pine Bluff McCasland Student Game |
W 95–69 | 2–1 |
19 – Brown | 15 – Davis | 4 – Davis | McCasland Field House (3,269) Norman, OK | ||||
| November 15, 2025* 6:00 p.m., BTN |
vs. Nebraska | L 99–105 | 2–2 |
27 – Pack | 7 – Reid | 4 – Tied | Sanford Pentagon (3,463) Sioux Falls, SD | ||||
| November 20, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Oral Roberts | W 95–71 | 3–2 |
20 – Wague | 7 – Wague | 4 – Brown | Lloyd Noble Center (5,765) Norman, OK | ||||
| November 23, 2025* 1:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Alcorn State | W 72–53 | 4–2 |
17 – Pack | 8 – Tied | 5 – Pack | Lloyd Noble Center (4,746) Norman, OK | ||||
| November 28, 2025* 1:00 p.m., NBC |
vs. Marquette The Bad Boy Mowers Series - Chicago |
W 75–74 | 5–2 |
24 – Pack | 11 – Davis | 5 – Davis | Credit Union 1 Arena (2,587) Chicago, IL | ||||
| December 2, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ACCN |
at Wake Forest ACC–SEC Challenge |
W 86–68 | 6–2 |
18 – Reid | 14 – Wague | 5 – Brown | LJVM Coliseum (7,216) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||
| December 6, 2025* 9:00 p.m., CBSSN |
vs. Arizona State Jerry Colangelo Classic |
L 70–86 | 6–3 |
12 – Atak | 7 – Wague | 4 – Brown | Mortgage Matchup Center (4,856) Phoenix, AZ | ||||
| December 13, 2025* 12:00 p.m., FOX |
vs. Oklahoma State Bedlam Series |
W 85–76 | 7–3 |
21 – Brown | 10 – Davis | 5 – Brown | Paycom Center (10,552) Oklahoma City, OK | ||||
| December 16, 2025* 6:00 p.m., SECN |
Kansas City | W 89–67 | 8–3 |
21 – Brown | 4 – Tied | 4 – Tied | Lloyd Noble Center (4,410) Norman, OK | ||||
| December 22, 2025* 8:00 p.m., SECN |
Stetson | W 107–54 | 9–3 |
22 – Reid | 9 – Wague | 6 – Davis | Lloyd Noble Center (4,646) Norman, OK | ||||
| December 29, 2025* 7:00 p.m., SECN+/ESPN+ |
Mississippi Valley State | W 93–69 | 10–3 |
24 – Atak | 5 – Tied | 7 – Pack | Lloyd Noble Center (4,866) Norman, OK | ||||
| SEC regular season | |||||||||||
| January 3, 2026 2:30 p.m., SECN |
Ole Miss | W 86–70 | 11–3 (1–0) |
23 – Brown | 15 – Wague | 6 – Davis | Lloyd Noble Center (7,040) Norman, OK | ||||
| January 7, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN |
at Mississippi State | L 53–72 | 11–4 (1–1) |
13 – Tied | 7 – Tied | 4 – Brown | Humphrey Coliseum (6,883) Starkville, MS | ||||
| January 10, 2026 2:30 p.m., SECN |
at Texas A&M | L 76–83 | 11–5 (1–2) |
24 – Pack | 11 – Reid | 5 – Pack | Reed Arena (9,096) College Station, TX | ||||
| January 13, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
No. 19 Florida | L 79–96 | 11–6 (1–3) |
24 – Brown | 8 – Davis | 4 – Davis | Lloyd Noble Center (5,866) Norman, OK | ||||
| January 17, 2026 12:00 p.m., SECN |
No. 18 Alabama | L 81–83 | 11–7 (1–4) |
21 – Brown | 9 – Reid | 4 – Brown | Lloyd Noble Center (7,922) Norman, OK | ||||
| January 20, 2026 6:00 p.m., SECN |
at South Carolina | L 76–85 | 11–8 (1–5) |
22 – Brown | 7 – Tied | 5 – Pack | Colonial Life Arena (10,861) Columbia, SC | ||||
| January 24, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Missouri Rivalry |
L 87–88 OT | 11–9 (1–6) |
25 – Pack | 5 – Tied | 6 – Brown | Mizzou Arena (10,852) Columbia, MO | ||||
| January 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN |
No. 15 Arkansas | L 79–83 | 11–10 (1–7) |
22 – Pack | 12 – Wague | 4 – Wague | Lloyd Noble Center (9,641) Norman, OK | ||||
| January 31, 2026 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
Texas Rivalry |
L 69–79 | 11–11 (1–8) |
23 – Pack | 5 – Tied | 3 – Pack | Lloyd Noble Center (9,198) Norman, OK | ||||
| February 4, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Kentucky | L 78–94 | 11–12 (1–9) |
21 – Brown | 7 – Wague | 4 – Tied | Rupp Arena (19,394) Lexington, KY | ||||
| February 7, 2026 2:30 p.m., SECN |
at No. 15 Vanderbilt | W 92–91 | 12–12 (2–9) |
20 – Brown | 8 – Wague | 4 – Pack | Memorial Gymnasium (10,892) Nashville, TN | ||||
| February 14, 2026 2:30 p.m., SECN |
Georgia | W 94–78 | 13–12 (3–9) |
19 – Davis | 6 – Pack | 3 – Tied | Lloyd Noble Center (7,015) Norman, OK | ||||
| February 18, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
at Tennessee | L 66–89 | 13–13 (3–10) |
20 – Pack | 6 – Reid | 2 – Tied | Thompson–Boling Arena (18,361) Knoxville, TN | ||||
| February 21, 2026 7:30 p.m., SECN |
Texas A&M | L 71–75 | 13–14 (3–11) |
14 – Forsythe | 13 – Wague | 6 – Forsythe | Lloyd Noble Center (8,265) Norman, OK | ||||
| February 24, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPNU |
Auburn | W 91–79 | 14–14 (4–11) |
22 – Pack | 9 – Wague | 4 – Brown | Lloyd Noble Center (5,922) Norman, OK | ||||
| February 28, 2026 5:00 p.m., SECN |
at LSU | W 83–67 | 15–14 (5–11) |
21 – Pack | 9 – Wague | 4 – Pack | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (7,019) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||
| March 3, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPNU |
Missouri Rivalry/Senior Night |
W 80–64 | 16–14 (6–11) |
13 – Jones | 8 – Jones | 5 – Tied | Lloyd Noble Center (5,773) Norman, OK | ||||
| March 7, 2026 7:30 p.m., SECN |
at Texas Rivalry |
W 88–85 OT | 17–14 (7–11) |
23 – Pack | 9 – Davis | 4 – Brown | Moody Center Austin, TX | ||||
| SEC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 11, 2026 8:30 p.m., SECN |
(11) | vs. (14) South Carolina First round |
W 86–74 | 18–14 |
24 – Pack | 6 – Wague | 5 – Pack | Bridgestone Arena (10,701) Nashville, TN | |||
| March 12, 2026 8:30 p.m., SECN |
(11) | vs. (6) Texas A&M Second round |
W 83–63 | 19–14 |
20 – Pack | 10 – Reid | 4 – Davis | Bridgestone Arena (11,457) Nashville, TN | |||
| March 13, 2026 8:30 p.m., SECN |
(11) | vs. (3) No. 17 Arkansas Quarterfinal |
L 79–82 | 19–15 |
19 – Pack | 7 – Brown | 8 – Brown | Bridgestone Arena (15,085) Nashville, TN | |||
| College Basketball Crown | |||||||||||
| April 1, 2026* 7:00 p.m., FS1 |
vs. Colorado Quarterfinal |
W 90–86 OT | 20–15 |
20 – Pack | 8 – Wague | 5 – Pack | MGM Grand Garden Arena (2,276) Paradise, NV | ||||
| April 4, 2026* 12:30 p.m., FOX |
vs. Baylor Semifinal |
W 82–69 | 21–15 |
21 – Brown | 6 – Brown | 6 – Brown | T-Mobile Arena (2,947) Paradise, NV | ||||
| April 5, 2026* 4:30 p.m., FOX |
vs. West Virginia Championship |
L 82–89 OT | 21–16 |
24 – Pack | 8 – Tied | 7 – Pack | T-Mobile Arena (3,109) Paradise, NV | ||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||||