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Oklahoma men’s basketball all-time roster: Sooner Legends

With March Madness here, we look at Oklahoma’s all-time basketball team led by Coach Billy Tubbs and players like Wayman Tisdale.

We are on the cusp of an exhilarating time of the year for most sports fans nationwide, as March Madness is very near. The electricity generated by conference tournaments and the following NCAA Tournaments is an experience no collegiate sport can replicate. Selection Sunday is Mar.12.

Porter Moser’s team has had an incredibly perplexing season. They beat multiple ranked teams and played tough in some other games. However, the Sooners look like the odd team out when deciding which Big 12 teams make it into the field of 68.

Oklahoma was a mainstay in the tournament during the 2010s, as they made it six times. Their most recent berth was in 2021. The Sooners’ most recent Final Four appearance was in 2016, spearheaded by Oklahoma basketball legend Buddy Hield. With a reasonably steady program despite no national championships, what would an all-time Sooners basketball team look like? Sooners Wire chose one head coach, two assistants, and ten players to make up the all-time roster.

Today in March Madness: Oklahoma scores third-highest point total in NCAA Tournament history

Billy Tubbs’ Sooners put up the third-highest single team point total in NCAA Tournament history against Louisiana Tech on March 18, 1989.

‘Billy Ball’ was alive and well on this day 31 years ago.

Billy Tubbs’ Sooners put up the third-highest single team point total in NCAA Tournament history against Louisiana Tech on March 18, 1989.

Led by Mookie Blaylock and Stacey King, Oklahoma cruised to a 42-point victory to advance to the Sweet 16.

Blaylock led all scorers with 34 points on 14-28 shooting from the floor, seven rebounds, seven assists, and four steals while playing the full 40 minutes. King chalked up a double-double scoring 21 points and hauling in 15 rebounds, dishing four assists and swatting away four of the Bulldogs shots.

Skeeter Henry led the way off the Sooners’ bench, filling up the stat sheet in his 31 minutes on the court. Henry scored 17 points, grabbed nine rebounds, dropped three dimes, snagging three steals and two blocks.

The one-seed in the Southeast region, Oklahoma narrowly got passed 16-seed East Tennessee State in the first round of the Tournament 72-71 to get to the second round.

The Sooners’ run came to an end in the Sweet 16 against five-seed Virginia 86-80. Virginia would lose to three-seed and eventual national champion Michigan in the Elite Eight.

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