The Sooners enter the first of at least two Red River basketball showdowns with archrival Texas this season with a 2-5 record in Big 12 games and 8-10 overall. The Longhorns (1-6, 7-12) have one fewer win than Oklahoma in the conference and overall, but could pull even with the Sooners with a victory on Monday night.
The six conference losses by the Longhorns are a little misleading considering that three of those defeats were by three points or less.
The Sooner men are hopeful of experiencing a different fate than the OU women, who fell by 18 points, 86-68, to the 12th-ranked Lady Longhorns on the road at Texas last week.