<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2NkVD2_0vkq0de400" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2NkVD2_0vkq0de400" width="2048" height="1365" ></figure>The Big 12 on Thursday released its basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season, and as expected, no one has it easy.Oklahoma State and new coach Steve Lutz will start conference play by hosting reigning league champion Houston on Dec. 30, a Monday, in Stillwater, and the Cowboys’ 20-game journey through the conference ends March 8 against Cincinnati in Stillwater.Here is the Cowboys’ full schedule, including nonconference games:Date Game LocationOct. 26 SMU (scrimmage) StillwaterNov. 4 Green Bay StillwaterNov. 10 St. Thomas StillwaterNov. 14 Southern Illinois StillwaterNov. 21 Florida Atlantic Charleston, SCNov. 22 Drake OR Miami Charleston, SCNov. 24 TBD Charleston, SCDec. 4 Tulsa TulsaDec. 8 Seton Hall Newark, NJDec. 14 Oklahoma Oklahoma CityDec. 18 Tarleton State StillwaterDec. 22 Oral Roberts StillwaterDec. 30 Houston StillwaterJan. 4 West Virginia MorgantownJan. 7 Kansas State StillwaterJan. 11 Utah Salt Lake CityJan. 14 BYU ProvoJan. 18 Colorado StillwaterJan. 21 Arizona StillwaterJan. 26 Texas Tech LubbockJan. 29 Kansas State ManhattanFeb. 1 Utah StillwaterFeb. 4 Houston HoustonFeb. 9 Arizona State StillwaterFeb. 12 TCU Fort WorthFeb. 15 Texas Tech StillwaterFeb. 19 UCF StillwaterFeb. 22 Kansas LawrenceFeb. 25 Iowa State StillwaterMarch 1 Baylor WacoMarch 5 UCF OrlandoMarch 8 Cincinnati StillwaterGallagher-Iba Arena will host all four of the Big 12’s newcomers, starting with a Jan. 18 game against Colorado before Arizona (Jan. 21), Utah (Feb. 1) and Arizona State (Feb. 9) all make the trip. OSU is 70-55 all-time against those teams.For the first time since 2011, Kansas will not make the trip to Stillwater, but the Pokes will go to Lawrence to see the Jayhawks on Feb. 22.OSU’s second Big 12 game of the season sees the Pokes travel to Morgantown to play Javon Small and his new Mountaineers. It’ll be a return game for OSU forward Patrick Suemnick, who transferred to OSU from West Virginia this offseason.New Cowboy Robert Jennings II will play his former team, Texas Tech, twice this season, as OSU is in Lubbock on Jan. 26 before the Cowboys host the Red Raiders on Feb. 15.Marchelus “Chi Chi” Avery will also get a shot at his former team when the Pokes travel to Orlando for a game against UCF on March 5.</div></body>

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Oklahoma State’s Big 12 Basketball Schedule Released

The Big 12 on Thursday released its basketball schedule for the 2024-25 season, and as expected, no one has it easy. Oklahoma State and new coach Steve Lutz will start conference play by hosting reigning league champion Houston on Dec. 30, a Monday, in Stillwater, and the Cowboys’ 20-game journey through the conference ends March 8 against Cincinnati in Stillwater.