Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball, 1960–1969

1959–60 season

1959–60 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	14–11 (9–5 Big Eight)
Head coach	Doyle Parrack (5th season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas	10	–	4		.714			19	–	9		.679
Kansas State	10	–	4		.714			16	–	10		.615
Oklahoma	9	–	5		.643			14	–	11		.560
Colorado	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Iowa State	7	–	7		.500			15	–	9		.625
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			12	–	13		.480
Oklahoma State	4	–	10		.286			10	–	15		.400
Nebraska	4	–	10		.286			7	–	17		.292
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1959–60 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1959–60 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. The Sooners finished the season with a 14–11 overall record, and finished third in the Big Eight Conference with a 9–5 conference record.^[2] They were coached by Doyle Parrack in his fifth season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 2, 1959*		Texas Western	W 76–58	1–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 5, 1959*		Hardin–Simmons	W 59–46	2–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 9, 1959		at Texas Tech	W 56–43	3–0	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, TX
December 12, 1959		at Minnesota	L 57–59	3–1	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
December 15, 1959*		SMU	W 65–57	4–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 19, 1959*		at Iowa	L 49–62	4–2	Iowa Field House  Iowa City, IA
December 21, 1959*		at No. 10 Illinois	L 57–60 OT	4–3	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
December 23, 1959*		Minnesota	L 56–57	4–4	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 28, 1959		vs. Missouri Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 70–65	5–4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1959		vs. Kansas Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 54–55	5–5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1959		vs. Colorado Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 57–61	5–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 8, 1960		at Colorado	W 64–62 2 OT	6–6 (1–0)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
January 11, 1960		Iowa State	W 65–47	7–6 (2–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 16, 1960		at Kansas State	L 68–76	7–7 (2–1)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
January 18, 1960		Missouri	W 64–52	8–7 (3–1)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 30, 1960		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 48–59	8–8 (3–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 6, 1960		at Missouri	L 72–84	9–8 (3–3)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
February 8, 1960		Nebraska	W 63–54	9–9 (4–3)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 15, 1960		Kansas	L 53–54	9–10 (4–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 20, 1960		at Iowa State	W 58–47	10–10 (5–4)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
February 22, 1960		at Nebraska	W 50–49	11–10 (6–4)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
February 24, 1960		at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 59–53	12–10 (7–4)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
February 27, 1960		Kansas State	W 58–35	13–10 (8–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 1, 1960		at Kansas	L 52–65	13–11 (8–5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 3, 1960		Colorado	W 63–61 OT	14–11 (9–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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1960–61 season

1960–61 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	10–15 (2–12 Big Eight)
Head coach	Doyle Parrack (6th season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Kansas State	12	–	2		.857			22	–	5		.815
Kansas	10	–	4		.714			17	–	8		.680
Oklahoma State	8	–	6		.571			14	–	11		.560
Missouri	7	–	7		.500			11	–	13		.458
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			14	–	11		.560
Nebraska	4	–	10		.286			10	–	14		.417
Oklahoma	2	–	12		.143			10	–	15		.400
Colorado	7	–	7		.500			15	–	10		.600
Rankings from AP Poll[5]

The 1960–61 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1960–61 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with a 10–15 overall record, and finished seventh in the Big Eight Conference with a 2–12 conference record.^[6] They were coached by Doyle Parrack in his fifth season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1, 1960*		Texas Western	W 70–58	1–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 3, 1960*		Minnesota	W 60–56	2–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 9, 1960*		at BYU	W 60–56	3–0	Smith Fieldhouse  Provo, UT
December 13, 1960*		at SMU	L 61–67	3–1	Moody Coliseum  Dallas, TX
December 15, 1960*		at Houston	W 55–51	4–1	Jeppesen Field House  Houston, TX
December 16, 1960*		vs. Texas A&M	W 69–56	5–1	Rice Gymnasium  Houston, TX
December 19, 1960*		Colorado State	W 56–50	6–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 22, 1960*		Texas Tech	W 75–56	7–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 26, 1960		vs. Colorado Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 64–60	8–1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 28, 1960		vs. No. 12 Kansas State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 52–73	8–2	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1960		vs. Iowa State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 55–67	8–3	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 7, 1961		Kansas	L 55–58	8–4 (0–1)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 14, 1961		at No. 9 Kansas State	L 57–69	8–5 (0–2)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
January 16, 1961		at Colorado	W 56–47	9–5 (1–2)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
January 21, 1961		at Missouri	L 62–70	9–6 (1–3)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
February 4, 1961		No. 9 Kansas State	L 63–71	9–7 (1–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 6, 1961		Nebraska	W 69–58	10–7 (2–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 11, 1961		Missouri	L 78–94	10–8 (2–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 14, 1961		at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 42–48	10–9 (2–6)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
February 18, 1961		at Iowa State	L 56–57	10–10 (2–7)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
February 20, 1961		at Nebraska	L 61–83	10–11 (2–8)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
February 25, 1961		Iowa State	L 55–61	10–12 (2–9)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 28, 1961		at Kansas	L 56–81	10–13 (2–10)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 6, 1961		Colorado	L 45–52	10–14 (2–11)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 9, 1961		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 47–60	10–15 (2–12)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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1961–62 season

1961–62 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	7–17 (5–9 Big Eight)
Head coach	Doyle Parrack (7th season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 →

1961–62 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 9 Colorado	13	–	1		.929			19	–	7		.731
No. 6 Kansas State	12	–	2		.857			22	–	3		.880
Iowa State	8	–	6		.571			13	–	12		.520
Oklahoma State	7	–	7		.500			14	–	11		.560
Nebraska	5	–	9		.357			9	–	16		.360
Oklahoma	5	–	9		.357			7	–	17		.292
Missouri	3	–	11		.214			9	–	16		.360
Kansas	3	–	11		.214			7	–	18		.280
Rankings from AP Poll[9]

The 1961–62 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1961–62 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with a 7–19 overall record, and finished tied for fifth in the Big Eight Conference with a 5–9 conference record.^[10] They were coached by Doyle Parrack in his sixth season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 2, 1961*		USC	W 66–56	1–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 5, 1961*		SMU	L 52–61	1–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 9, 1961*		Illinois	L 60–72	1–2	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 12, 1961*		at St. John's	L 49–68	1–3	Alumni Hall  New York, NY
December 16, 1961*		BYU	L 74–81	1–4	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 19, 1961*		at Texas Tech	L 42–70	1–5	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, TX
December 23, 1961*		Colorado State	L 47–52	1–6	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 28, 1961		vs. Kansas Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 61–60	2–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1961		vs. Iowa State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 46–49	2–7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1961		vs. Missouri Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 58–63 OT	2–8	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 6, 1962		Iowa State	W 63–49	3–8 (1–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 8, 1962		Missouri	W 56–52	4–8 (2–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 10, 1962		at Nebraska	L 56–57	4–9 (2–1)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
January 31, 1962		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 49–65	4–10 (2–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 5, 1962		Colorado	L 50–54	4–11 (2–3)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 7, 1962		at Iowa State	L 66–72	4–12 (2–4)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
February 12, 1962		at Colorado	L 56–64	4–13 (2–5)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 17, 1962		No. 4 Kansas State	L 63–71	4–14 (2–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 19, 1962		at Kansas	W 67–66 OT	5–14 (3–6)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 24, 1962		at No. 4 Kansas State	L 57–89	5–15 (3–7)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 28, 1962		Kansas	W 63–62	6–15 (4–7)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 5, 1962		Nebraska	L 69–71 OT	6–16 (4–8)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 8, 1962		at Missouri	W 63–55	7–16 (5–8)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
March 8, 1962		at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 62–68	7–17 (5–9)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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After the season

NBA draft

The following Sooner was selected in the 1962 NBA draft.^[13]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NBA club
8	64	Warren Fouts	Forward	New York Knicks

1962–63 season

1962–63 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	12–13 (8–6 Big Eight)
Head coach	Bob Stevens (1st season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1961–62 1963–64 →

1962–63 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 10 Colorado	11	–	3		.786			19	–	7		.731
Kansas State	11	–	3		.786			16	–	9		.640
Iowa State	8	–	6		.571			14	–	11		.560
Oklahoma	8	–	6		.571			12	–	13		.480
Oklahoma State	7	–	7		.500			16	–	9		.640
Kansas	5	–	9		.357			12	–	13		.480
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			10	–	15		.400
Nebraska	1	–	13		.071			6	–	19		.240
Rankings from AP Poll[14]

The 1962–63 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with a 12–13 overall record, and finished tied for third in the Big Eight Conference with an 8–6 conference record.^[15] They were coached by former South Carolina head coach Bob Stevens in his first season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 4, 1962*		at SMU	W 96–83	1–0	Moody Coliseum  Dallas, TX
December 8, 1962*		St. John's	W 84–65	2–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 10, 1962*		Southern Illinois	L 63–66	2–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 14, 1962*		at UCLA	L 64–101	2–2	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
December 15, 1962*		at USC	L 51–66	2–3	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
December 18, 1962*		Texas Tech	W 85–62	3–3	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 21, 1962*		at Purdue	W 80–79	4–3	Lambert Fieldhouse  West Lafayette, IN
December 22, 1962*		at No. 8 Illinois	L 90–93	4–4	Huff Hall  Champaign, IL
December 27, 1962		vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight Holiday Tournament, Bedlam Series	L 48–49	4–5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 28, 1962		vs. Missouri Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 82–104	4–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1962		vs. Nebraska Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 86–93	4–7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 5, 1963		Missouri	W 84–78	5–7 (1–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 7, 1963		at Iowa State	W 91–85	6–7 (2–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 23, 1963		at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 62–81	6–8 (2–1)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
January 26, 1963		at Iowa State	L 69–77	7–8 (2–2)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
January 29, 1963		Kansas State	W 81–75	7–9 (3–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 2, 1963		No. 8 Colorado	L 68–77	7–10 (3–3)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 5, 1963		Kansas	L 55–86	7–11 (3–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 9, 1963		at Kansas State	L 69–100	7–12 (3–5)	Ahearn Fieldhouse  Manhattan, KS
February 11, 1963		at No. 7 Colorado	L 60–71	7–13 (3–6)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 16, 1963		at Kansas	W 64–62	8–13 (4–6)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 18, 1963		Nebraska	W 84–77	9–13 (5–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 23, 1963		at Missouri	W 68–67	10–13 (6–6)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
March 2, 1963		at Nebraska	W 77–75	11–13 (7–6)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
March 5, 1963		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 70–65	12–13 (8–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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1963–64 season

1963–64 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	7–18 (3–11 Big Eight)
Head coach	Bob Stevens (2nd season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1962–63 1964–65 →

1963–64 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas State	12	–	2		.857			22	–	7		.759
Colorado	9	–	5		.643			15	–	10		.600
Kansas	8	–	6		.571			13	–	12		.520
Oklahoma State	7	–	7		.500			15	–	10		.600
Missouri	7	–	7		.500			13	–	11		.542
Iowa State	5	–	9		.357			9	–	16		.360
Nebraska	5	–	9		.357			7	–	18		.280
Oklahoma	3	–	11		.214			7	–	18		.280
Rankings from AP Poll[18]

The 1963–64 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1963–64 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with a 7–18 overall record, and finished last in the Big Eight Conference with a 3–11 conference record.^[19] They were coached by Bob Stevens in his second season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 3, 1963*		South Dakota	W 100–79	1–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 7, 1963*		SMU	L 72–83	1–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 9, 1963*		Illinois	W 105–104	2–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 14, 1963*		Texas	L 78–81	2–2	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 17, 1963*		at Texas Tech	L 66–95	2–3	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, TX
December 20, 1963*		at Arizona State	L 95–127	2–4	Sun Devil Gym  Tempe, AZ
December 21, 1963*		vs. Michigan State	L 100–118	2–5	Sun Devil Gym  Tempe, AZ
December 27, 1963		vs. Missouri Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 88–95	2–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 28, 1963		vs. Nebraska Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 75–66	3–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1963		vs. Iowa State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 82–79	4–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 4, 1964		Kansas	W 65–63 OT	5–6 (1–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 6, 1964		at Missouri	L 74–84	5–7 (1–1)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
January 11, 1964		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 56–67	5–8 (1–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 25, 1964		at Iowa State	L 77–87	5–9 (1–3)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
January 27, 1964		Kansas State	L 91–97	5–10 (1–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 1, 1964		Colorado	L 77–90	5–11 (1–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 3, 1964		Iowa State	L 73–78	5–12 (1–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 8, 1964		at Nebraska	L 69–76 2 OT	5–13 (1–7)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
February 10, 1964		at Colorado	L 65–86	5–14 (1–8)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 15, 1964		at Kansas	L 72–84	5–15 (1–9)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 17, 1964*		Bradley	L 78–80	5–16	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 21, 1964		Missouri	W 86–84	6–16 (2–9)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 29, 1964		at Kansas State	L 70–99	6–17 (2–10)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
March 2, 1964		Nebraska	W 82–76	7–17 (3–10)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 9, 1964		at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 47–80	7–18 (3–11)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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1964–65 season

1964–65 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	8–17 (3–11 Big Eight)
Head coach	Bob Stevens (3rd season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1963–64 1965–66 →

1964–65 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oklahoma State	12	–	2		.857			20	–	7		.741
Kansas	9	–	5		.643			17	–	8		.680
Missouri	8	–	6		.571			13	–	11		.542
Colorado	8	–	6		.571			13	–	12		.520
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			9	–	16		.360
Kansas State	5	–	9		.357			12	–	13		.480
Nebraska	5	–	9		.357			10	–	15		.400
Oklahoma	3	–	11		.214			8	–	17		.320
Rankings from AP Poll[22]

The 1964–65 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with an 8–17 overall record, and finished last in the Big Eight Conference with a 3–11 conference record.^[23] They were coached by Bob Stevens in his third season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 4, 1964*		No. 15 Seattle	L 81–98	0–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 7, 1964*		at Indiana	L 69–87	0–2	New Fieldhouse  Bloomington, IN
December 12, 1964*		at Texas	W 86–73	1–2	Gregory Gymnasium  Austin, TX
December 14, 1964*		Hardin–Simmons	W 78–67	2–2	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 16, 1964*		Texas Tech	W 85–79	3–2	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 21, 1964*		at Bradley	L 75–83	3–3	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
December 26, 1964		vs. Kansas State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 65–75	3–4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 28, 1964		vs. Iowa State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 76–72	4–4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1964		vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight Holiday Tournament/Bedlam Series	L 46–65	4–5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 4, 1965		at Kansas State	L 69–71	4–6 (0–1)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
January 9, 1965		Iowa State	L 81–87	4–7 (0–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 11, 1965		Nebraska	W 89–82	5–7 (1–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 23, 1965*		Northern Michigan	L 74–75	5–8	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 25, 1965		at Iowa State	L 81–87	5–9 (1–3)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
January 30, 1965		Colorado	L 70–71	5–10 (1–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 1, 1965		Missouri	W 87–74	6–10 (2–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 6, 1965		at Kansas	L 68–77	6–11 (2–5)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 8, 1965		at Colorado	L 70–71	6–12 (2–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 13, 1965		Kansas	L 57–74	6–13 (2–7)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 15, 1965		Kansas State	W 80–65	7–13 (3–7)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 20, 1965		at Missouri	L 82–89	7–14 (3–8)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
February 23, 1965		at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 54–64	7–15 (3–9)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
February 27, 1965		at Nebraska	L 63–67	7–16 (3–10)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
March 4, 1965*		at Loyola (LA)	W 94–80	8–16	Loyola Field House  New Orleans, LA
March 8, 1965		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	L 66–89	8–17 (3–11)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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1965–66 season

1965–66 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	11–14 (7–7 Big Eight)
Head coach	Bob Stevens (4th season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1964–65 1966–67 →

1965–66 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Kansas	13	–	1		.929			23	–	4		.852
Nebraska	12	–	2		.857			20	–	5		.800
Kansas State	9	–	5		.643			14	–	11		.560
Oklahoma	7	–	7		.500			11	–	14		.440
Colorado	6	–	8		.429			12	–	13		.480
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			11	–	14		.440
Oklahoma State	2	–	12		.143			4	–	21		.160
Missouri	1	–	13		.071			3	–	21		.125
Rankings from AP Poll[26]

The 1965–66 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1965–66 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with a 11–14 overall record, and finished fourth in the Big Eight Conference with a 7–7 conference record.^[27] They were coached by Bob Stevens in his fourth season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1, 1965*		at Oklahoma City	L 71–74	0–1	Frederiksen Field House  Oklahoma City, OK
December 4, 1965*		Indiana	W 83–82	1–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 7, 1965*		at SMU	L 78–89	1–2	Moody Coliseum  Dallas, TX
December 11, 1965*		No. 9 Bradley	L 80–81	1–3	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 14, 1965*		at Texas Tech	L 92–100	1–4	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, TX
December 20, 1965*		California	W 94–72	2–4	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 23, 1965*		Butler	L 63–65	2–5	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 27, 1965		vs. Oklahoma State Big Eight Holiday Tournament/Bedlam Series	W 58–36	3–5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1965		vs. Nebraska Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 79–92	3–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1965*		Iowa State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 82–87	3–7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 3, 1966		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 64–53	4–7 (1–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 8, 1966		Colorado	W 64–58	5–7 (2–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 10, 1966		at No. 10 Kansas	L 68–89	5–8 (2–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 22, 1966		at Nebraska	L 78–86	5–9 (2–2)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
January 29, 1966		Missouri	W 88–70	6–9 (3–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 31, 1966		Iowa State	L 82–92	6–10 (3–3)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 5, 1966		at Kansas State	L 73–84	6–11 (3–4)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 7, 1966		No. 9 Nebraska	L 81–85	6–12 (3–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 12, 1966		at Missouri	W 103–89	7–12 (4–5)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
February 15, 1966*		Loyola (LA)	W 69–44	8–12	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 19, 1966		at Iowa State	W 80–78	9–12 (5–5)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
February 21, 1966		No. 6 Kansas	L 69–86	9–13 (5–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 26, 1966		Kansas State	W 80–77	10–13 (6–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 28, 1966		at Colorado	L 77–92	10–14 (6–7)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
March 5, 1966		at Oklahoma State	W 69–53	11–14 (7–7)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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1966–67 season

1966–67 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	8–17 (5–9 Big Eight)
Head coach	Bob Stevens (5th season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with an 8–7 overall record, and finished sixth in the Big Eight Conference with a 5–9 conference record.^[30] They were coached by Bob Stevens in his fifth season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

1966–67 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 3 Kansas	13	–	1		.929			23	–	4		.852
Colorado	10	–	4		.714			17	–	8		.680
Nebraska	10	–	4		.714			16	–	9		.640
Kansas State	9	–	5		.643			17	–	8		.680
Iowa State	6	–	8		.429			13	–	12		.520
Oklahoma	5	–	9		.357			8	–	17		.320
Oklahoma State	2	–	12		.143			7	–	18		.280
Missouri	1	–	13		.071			3	–	22		.120
Rankings from AP Poll[31]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1, 1966		TCU	W 90–76	1–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 3, 1966*		at Seattle	L 79–88	1–1	Key Arena  Seattle, WA
December 5, 1966*		at California	L 81–108	1–2	Harmon Gym  Norman, OK
December 13, 1966*		Texas Tech	W 94–79	2–2	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 17, 1966*		North Texas State	L 78–86	2–3	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 20, 1966*		Bradley	L 88–114	2–4	Robertson Memorial Field House  Peoria, IL
December 28, 1966		vs. Missouri Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 76–67	3–4	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1966		vs. Kansas Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 73–97	3–5	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1966		vs. Kansas State	L 76–102	3–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 7, 1967		at No. 9 Kansas	L 73–97	3–7 (0–1)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
January 9, 1967		Nebraska	W 99–87	4–7 (1–1)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 21, 1967*		Hardin–Simmons	L 83–94	4–8	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 26, 1967		at Nebraska	L 78–97	4–9 (1–2)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
January 28, 1967		at Iowa State	L 87–93	4–10 (1–3)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
January 30, 1967		Kansas State	L 82–102	4–11 (1–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 4, 1967		Colorado	W 71–66	5–11 (2–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 7, 1967		at Missouri	W 75–65	6–11 (3–4)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
February 11, 1967		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 67–60	7–11 (4–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 13, 1967*		Drake	L 73–76	7–12	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 18, 1967		No. 6 Kansas	L 74–82	7–13 (4–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 20, 1967		at Colorado	L 73–83	7–14 (4–6)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
February 27, 1967		at Kansas State	L 71–84	7–15 (4–7)	Ahearn Fieldhouse  Manhattan, KS
March 4, 1967		Iowa State	L 63–69	7–16 (4–8)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 6, 1967		Missouri	W 90–75	8–16 (5–8)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 11, 1967		Oklahoma State	L 63–65	8–17 (5–9)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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1967–68 season

1967–68 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	13–13 (8–6 Big Eight)
Head coach	John MacLeod (1st season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1966–67 1968–69 →

1967–68 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Kansas State	11	–	3		.786			19	–	9		.679
Kansas	10	–	4		.714			22	–	8		.733
Nebraska	8	–	6		.571			15	–	10		.600
Oklahoma	8	–	6		.571			13	–	13		.500
Iowa State	8	–	6		.571			12	–	13		.480
Missouri	5	–	9		.357			10	–	16		.385
Oklahoma State	3	–	11		.214			10	–	16		.385
Colorado	3	–	11		.214			9	–	16		.360
Rankings from AP Poll[34]

The 1967–68 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1967–68 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with a 13–13 overall record, and finished tied for third in the Big Eight Conference with an 8–6 conference record.^[35] They were coached by John MacLeod in his first season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 1, 1967*		Centenary	W 91–73	1–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 4, 1967*		at TCU	W 66–57	2–0	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum  Fort Worth, TX
December 9, 1967*		Butler	W 79–75	3–0	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 12, 1967*		at Texas Tech	L 67–74	3–1	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum  Lubbock, TX
December 15, 1967*		at USC	L 63–76	3–2	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena  Los Angeles, CA
December 16, 1967*		at Loyola Marymount	L 76–94	3–3	Alumni Memorial Gymnasium  Los Angeles, CA
December 19, 1967*		Wyoming	L 71–82	3–4	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 23, 1967*		at Drake	L 85–97	3–5	Veterans Memorial Auditorium  Des Moines, IA
December 27, 1967		vs. Nebraska Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 65–75	3–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 29, 1967		vs. Kansas Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 57–73	3–7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1967		vs. Iowa State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	W 76–61	4–7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 6, 1968		at Missouri	W 71–70	5–7 (1–0)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
January 9, 1968		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 61–58	6–7 (2–0)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 25, 1968		at Iowa State	L 70–80	6–8 (2–1)	Iowa State Armory  Ames, IA
January 27, 1968		at Nebraska	L 90–110	6–9 (2–2)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
January 29, 1968		Kansas State	W 73–62	7–9 (3–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 3, 1968		at Kansas	L 70–72	7–10 (3–3)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
February 5, 1968		Nebraska	L 83–89	7–11 (3–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 10, 1968		Iowa State	W 87–68	8–11 (4–4)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 13, 1968*		Southwestern Louisiana	W 63–62	9–11	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 17, 1968		at Kansas State	L 48–72	9–12 (4–5)	Ahearn Field House  Manhattan, KS
February 19, 1968		Colorado	W 71–68	10–12 (5–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 24, 1968		at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 56–53	11–12 (6–5)	Gallagher Hall  Stillwater, OK
March 2, 1968		Missouri	W 76–72	12–12 (7–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 4, 1968		Kansas	L 80–85 OT	12–13 (7–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 7, 1968		at Colorado	W 84–78	13–13 (8–6)	Balch Fieldhouse  Boulder, CO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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After the season

NBA draft

The following Sooners were selected in the 1968 NBA draft.^[38]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NBA club
3	29	Don Sidle	Center	San Francisco Warriors
8	71	Willie Rogers	Forward	Seattle SuperSonics

1968–69 season

1968–69 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Record	7–19 (3–11 Big Eight)
Head coach	John MacLeod (2nd season)
Home arena	McCasland Field House
Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 Big Eight Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 18 Colorado	10	–	4		.714			21	–	7		.750
No. 19 Kansas	9	–	5		.643			20	–	7		.741
Kansas State	9	–	5		.643			14	–	12		.538
Iowa State	8	–	6		.571			14	–	12		.538
Missouri	7	–	7		.500			14	–	11		.560
Oklahoma State	5	–	9		.357			12	–	13		.480
Nebraska	5	–	9		.357			12	–	14		.462
Oklahoma	3	–	11		.214			7	–	19		.269
Rankings from AP Poll[39]

The 1968–69 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season college basketball season as a member of the Big Eight Conference. They finished the season with a 7–19 overall record, and finished last in the Big Eight Conference with an 3–11 conference record.^[40] They were coached by John MacLeod in his second season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 2, 1968*		at Centenary	W 45–38	1–0	Haynes Gymnasium  Shreveport, LA
December 6, 1968*		UNLV	L 84–93	1–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 9, 1968*		Texas Tech	W 83–74	2–1	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 13, 1968*		at Tennessee	L 49–55	2–2	Stokely Athletic Center  Knoxville, TN
December 14, 1968*		vs. Texas	L 46–65	2–3	Stokley Center  Knoxville, TN
December 19, 1968*		USC	L 46–48	2–4	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 21, 1968*		at Wyoming	L 43–86	2–5	War Memorial Fieldhouse  Laramie, WY
December 23, 1968*		at Southwest Missouri State	W 65–57	3–5	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
December 26, 1968		vs. Colorado Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 56–63	3–6	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 28, 1968		vs. Nebraska Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 48–70	3–7	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
December 30, 1968		vs. Iowa State Big Eight Holiday Tournament	L 62–67	3–8	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
January 4, 1968		Colorado	L 56–80	3–9 (0–1)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 6, 1969		Missouri	W 62–58	4–9 (1–1)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 11, 1969		at Kansas State	L 62–87	4–10 (1–2)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
January 25, 1969		UT Arlington	W 89–57	5–10	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 1, 1969		at Iowa State	L 62–67	5–11 (1–3)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 3, 1969		at Nebraska	L 83–90	5–12 (1–4)	Nebraska Coliseum  Lincoln, NE
February 8, 1969		at No. 13 Kansas	L 59–66	5–13 (1–5)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 10, 1969		at No. 14 Colorado	L 69–92 OT	5–14 (1–6)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 15, 1969		at Oklahoma State	L 52–55	5–15 (1–7)	Gallagher-Iba Arena  Stillwater, OK
February 17, 1969		Kansas State	L 59–69	5–16 (1–8)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
February 22, 1969		at Missouri	L 49–69	5–17 (1–9)	Brewer Fieldhouse  Columbia, MO
February 24, 1969		at No. 13 Kansas	L 58–83	5–18 (1–10)	Allen Fieldhouse  Lawrence, KS
March 1, 1969		Oklahoma State Bedlam Series	W 61–59 OT	6–18 (2–10)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 6, 1969		Iowa State	W 84–78	7–18 (3–10)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
March 8, 1969		Nebraska	L 64–70	7–19 (3–11)	McCasland Field House  Norman, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time..

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