The Sooners’ opening opponent will be No 15-seed California State University at Bakersfield (24-8), the champions of the Western Athletic Conference Tournament. This will be a Friday afternoon game played in Oklahoma City.
Given that the Chesapeake Energy Arena is a 25-minute-drive up Interstate 35 from the Oklahoma Norman campus, the Sooners should have a huge advantage in games played in the first weekend of this year’s tournament.
The winner of the Oklahoma-Cal State-Bakersfield game will go on to play the winner of the Friday matchup between No. 7 Oregon State (19-12) and No.