For the Sooners, who finished third in the Big 12 last season with a 12-11 record and 35-24 overall record, the 2018 season will begin in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Oklahoma will play four games in three days in the Baseball at the Beach tournament. The four other participating teams are Indiana; South Alabama; Coastal Carolina, the 2016 national champions, and Virginia Tech.
Oklahoma made a return to postseason play last year, as the two seed in the Louisville Regional, after a three-year absence from the NCAA Baseball Championship.
The Sooners begin the 2018 campaign picked to finish fourth in the Big 12 Preseason Baseball Poll conducted by the league coaches.