Oklahoma State’s 2026-27 men’s basketball nonconference slate is built for fans who want plenty of home dates without giving up on variety.
The Cowboys announced a 14-game schedule Friday that keeps 11 of those games in Oklahoma, including nine at Gallagher-Iba Arena and two neutral-site matchups in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The stretch also features a trip to Texas A&M on Nov. 12 and two games in the Rays Children’s Charleston Classic on Nov. 20 and 22.
OSU opens its 118th men’s basketball season and 89th at Gallagher-Iba Arena on Monday, Nov. 2 against Incarnate Word. From there, the home schedule rolls through Queens on Nov.
6, Central Arkansas on Nov. 16, Jackson State on Nov.
25, Tennessee State on Nov. 29, Grand Canyon on Dec.
2, Saint Mary’s on Dec. 5, Oral Roberts on Dec. 16 and Houston Christian on Dec.
The Cowboys will also bring Bedlam back to Oklahoma City’s Paycom Center on Saturday, Dec. 12 for a men’s and women’s doubleheader. Seats in designated OSU sections are available through okstate.com/BedlamOKC.
Eight days after that, Oklahoma State heads to Tulsa’s BOK Center for a Sunday, Dec. 20 meeting with Northwestern. That will be OSU’s third game at the venue and its first there since 2019.
With NCAA scheduling limits expanded for 2026-27, Oklahoma State has added a 32nd regular-season game and a third October exhibition. The preseason schedule starts with New Mexico on Sunday, Oct. 11 in Stillwater, followed by Tulsa on Friday, Oct. 23 for a Homecoming matinee and a final exhibition Tuesday, Oct. 27 at Wisconsin.
Tipoff times and TV details will come later, along with the full 18-game Big 12 schedule.
The schedule also brings a few firsts and a few familiar names. Incarnate Word will be a first-time opponent, though Steve Lutz began his coaching career there as an assistant from 1995-99, and new Cowboy football coach Eric Morris coached the Cardinals from 2018-21. Queens is the other new opponent on the slate.
Texas A&M closes out the home-and-home series after OSU’s 87-63 win in Stillwater last season. The Aggies tied for fourth in the SEC and reached the second round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament.
The Charleston Classic field includes Dayton, Minnesota, Northwestern, Utah and Virginia Tech, with the Cowboys set for two predetermined games. OSU last played Dayton in 1983, Minnesota in 2019 and Virginia Tech in 2022. The tournament could also give the Cowboys an early look at Utah before the teams meet twice in Big 12 play.
Jackson State’s first general manager is former Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins, who was a starter on the franchise’s 2012 NBA Finals team. Tigers coach Trey Johnson was a senior guard on the last JSU team to face Oklahoma State in November 2005.
Tennessee State comes in after Nolan Smith led the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament in his first season as head coach. Grand Canyon returns to Stillwater after OSU beat the Lopes 84-78 last December at the Jerry Colangelo Classic in Phoenix. The Lopes finished last season 20-15 and No. 70 in the NET.
Saint Mary’s has won each of its last five NCAA Tournament appearances, and the Gaels are beginning a new chapter under Mickey McConnell after Randy Bennett’s departure for Arizona State. Oklahoma State has won both previous meetings, including a 71-70 game in 1996 decided by Jason Skaer’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer.
Bedlam’s 252nd meeting will also mark the 100th straight season the schools have played on the hardwood. The series goes back to Dec. 7, 1907, only three weeks after Oklahoma became a state.
Oral Roberts will meet OSU for the fourth year in a row and the eighth time in the last decade. The Cowboys opened last season with a 95-71 win over the Golden Eagles in Stillwater.
The Northwestern game in Tulsa will be a rematch of last season’s Thanksgiving night meeting at the United Center in Chicago, where Oklahoma State won 86-81. It will be the Cowboys’ third appearance at the BOK Center and their first since 2019.
Season tickets are on sale now starting at $175 plus fees through okstate.com/tickets.
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