Oklahoma State is adding another chapter to its fall basketball tune-up schedule, and this one comes with a familiar opponent.
The Cowboys will host Tulsa in a men’s college basketball exhibition game at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at Gallagher-Iba Arena, the school announced Wednesday.
It’s part of a three-game exhibition slate for OSU, which also includes a home matchup against New Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 11, and a visit to Wisconsin on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Under new NCAA rules, teams are permitted to play three exhibition games against Division I opponents, an increase from two in previous years. That gives Oklahoma State and Wisconsin a little more runway before the games count.
For Tulsa, the trip to Stillwater will be the first time the Golden Hurricane and Cowboys have met since last season’s meeting on Dec. 2, 2024, at Tulsa. OSU won that game, 76-55, and the teams also met in the 2024-25 preseason schedule.
The exhibition will also serve as a return trip of sorts for Tulsa, which is set to host Colorado in football the next night at H.A. Chapman Stadium.
Looking ahead, Oklahoma State and Tulsa will meet again in the 2025-26 season in Albuquerque, where both teams are scheduled to play in the NIT preseason tournament. Wisconsin, meanwhile, has qualified for the NCAA tournament in the past three seasons.
OSU reached last year’s NCAA final and New Mexico was in the Final Four and reached the second round. Oklahoma State and Wisconsin last met in 1966, but both are included in the 2025-26 exhibition schedule.
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