Oklahoma State’s 2026-27 men’s basketball slate is set, and the Cowboys will open the season at home before diving into a schedule that mixes early nonconference tests, a trip to Charleston, and a full Big 12 grind.
The first game on the calendar comes Monday, Nov. 2, when OSU hosts Incarnate Word at 8 p.m. That starts a stretch of four straight home dates to begin November, with Queens (N.C.) coming to Stillwater on Friday, Nov.
6, Central Arkansas visiting on Monday, Nov. 16, and then a pair of games in the Charleston, S.C., event against Minnesota on Friday, Nov. 20, and Virginia Tech on Sunday, Nov. 22.
The Cowboys also have several notable nonconference matchups sprinkled through late November and December. Jackson State comes to town on Wednesday, Nov. 25, followed by Tennessee State on Sunday, Nov.
- Grand Canyon visits on Wednesday, Dec. 2, and Saint Mary’s (Calif.) is next on Saturday, Dec.
One of the marquee dates on the schedule arrives Saturday, Dec. 12, when Oklahoma meets Oklahoma State in OKC at 1:30 p.m. The Cowboys will also host Oral Roberts on Wednesday, Dec. 16, and Northwestern in Tulsa on Sunday, Dec. 20 before closing the month against Houston Christian on Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Conference play begins to take over in January, starting with a home game against Colorado on Saturday, Jan. 2.
Oklahoma State then heads to West Virginia on Tuesday, Jan. 5, Iowa State on Saturday, Jan. 9, and Baylor on Saturday, Jan.
- Utah comes to Stillwater on Tuesday, Jan.
The late-January stretch brings a run of Big 12 games that should keep the pace brisk. TCU visits on Saturday, Jan.
23, Texas Tech comes in on Wednesday, Jan. 27, and the Cowboys travel to Kansas on Saturday, Jan. 30.
February opens with a road game at Kansas State on Wednesday, Feb. 3, before Cincinnati visits on Saturday, Feb. 6 and Iowa State returns to Stillwater on Wednesday, Feb. 10.
From there, the schedule stays packed. Oklahoma State goes to TCU on Saturday, Feb. 13, hosts Arizona on Tuesday, Feb. 16, travels to Houston on Sunday, Feb. 21, welcomes UCF on Wednesday, Feb. 24, and then heads to Utah on Saturday, Feb.
- The regular season finishes with a road trip to BYU on Tuesday, March 2, and a home game against Arizona State on Saturday, March 6.
The Big 12 Tournament is scheduled for March 9-13 in Kansas City, Mo.
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