The University of Oklahoma release it’s schedule for the upcoming 2024 season and let me tell you, it is a tough one.
The Sooners open the season in the Shriners Children’s College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field (home of the World Series champions, Texas Rangers) Feb 16-17. They will play Tennessee (’23 CWS team), Oregon (’23 Super Regional host), and Nebraska (33-23-1 in ’23)
OU will then stay in the DFW metroplex to play Dallas Baptist on Tuesday, Feb 20. The Patriots were the C-USA champs in 2023 and were a #2 seed in the Stillwater Regional before they got beat out by Oral Roberts.
Skip Johnson’s crew will open the home portion of their schedule the weekend of February 23-25 with a 3 game series vs Wright State.
They then will travel to Las Vegas to play in an event the weekend of March 1-3 where the teams haven’t been announced yet.
OU opens Big 12 play against newcomer UCF the weekend of March 8-10 at home.
The full Big 12 slate:
- 3/8-3/10: vs UCF
- 3/15-3/17: at TCU
- 3/22-3/24: vs West Virginia
- 4/5-4/7: at OSU
- 4/12-4/14: vs Kansas State
- 4-18-4/20: at BYU
- 4/26-4/28: vs Texas
- 5/3-5/4: at Texas Tech
- 5/10-5/12: vs Baylor
- 5/16-5/18: at Cincinnati
- 5/21-5/25: Big 12 Tournament in Arlington, TX
*The Sooners do not play Kansas or Houston in the regular season.
Midweek Games:
- Tuesday, 2/20: at DBU
- Tuesday, 3/5: vs Wichita State
- Tuesday, 3/12: vs OSU
- Wednesday, 3/13: at UT-Arlington
- Tuesday, 3/19: vs DBU
- Tuesday, 3/26: vs ORU
- Tuesday, 4/2: at Wichita St
- Tuesday, 4/9: vs UT-Arlington
- Tuesday, 4/23: vs Wichita St
- Tuesday, 4/30: at ORU
- Tuesday, 5/14: at Xavier
By the numbers
- 13 opponents played in the NCAA Tournament in ’23
- 3 opponents (Tennessee, Oral Roberts, TCU) were CWS teams in ’23
- 5 opponents played in ’23 Super Regionals (Oregon and Texas)
- 10 opponents finished 2023 in the RPI top 50
- 2018 – the year the last time Texas played in Norman
- 1112 – miles from Norman to Provo, UT (BYU)
What Skip Johnson had to say
Here is what head coach, Skip Johnson had to say about the 2024 schedule (via soonersports.com)
“We will play a very challenging schedule against high quality competition in 2024,” Johnson said. “We’re excited about this slate and the opportunities it provides for our team. We’ll open the season with six of our first seven games against teams that played in the postseason last year and that level of competition will carry through May. We’ll face a new challenge this year, playing 10 conference weekends. We know this league is one of the best in the country and a battle week-in and week-out. We’re thrilled to be able to start the year in a great environment and ballpark at Globe Life Field, and we can’t wait to see our fans pack L. Dale Mitchell Park all season.”
via soonersports.com
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