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ESPN Basketball Power Index Win Probabilities of Oklahoma Men’s First 10 Games

With the Oklahoma Sooners Men’s Basketball season tipping off tonight at Lloyd Noble Arena, how does ESPN’s BPI project their first 10 games?

The Oklahoma Men’s Basketball team will tip off their season opener tonight at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Arena vs. the Northwestern State University Demons.

Oklahoma will debut a new head coach and a bevy of players, ushering in a new era of Oklahoma basketball after Porter Moser took the helm for the retired Lon Kruger.

Leading the way into the 2021-2022 season, Moser will have to help returning starters Elijah Harkless and Umoja Gibson mesh with the incoming transfers that look to make up the Sooners’ corps. Tanner Groves joins the Sooners after a tremendous 2020-2021 season with Eastern Washington. He averaged 17.2 points and eight rebounds per game, leading the Eagles to a Big Sky tournament championship and the NCAA tournament where they fell in a hard-fought game against the Kansas Jayhawks.

He’s joined by his brother Jacob Groves, who averaged 9.3 points and four rebounds per game. But that’s not where all the Oklahoma Sooners received via the transfer portal.

Jordan Goldwire is coming over from the Duke Blue Devils, where he averaged 5.8 points, four assists, 2.9 assists, and 2.2 steals per game last season. He’ll help Elijah Harkless and Umoja Gibson from a formidable defensive trio at the guard position for Porter Moser.

Ethan Chargois provides depth at forward after spending four seasons with SMU. In 2020-2021, he averaged 8.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game for the Mustangs. Marvin Johnson comes over from Eastern Illinois, where he averaged 15.3 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 4.7 assists per game last season.

In Porter Moser’s first season with the Sooners, he looks to have collected a very well-rounded group of players. How quickly they’re able to mesh together will determine how they perform to start the season.

Looking ahead to start the season, let’s check out how the Sooners are expected to perform in their first 10 games using ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.

Oklahoma bats have big night in 15-5 win over UT-Arlington

Oklahoma has a big night behind the plate scoring 15 runs to knock off UT-Arlington and move back to .500 on the young season at 6-6.

Oklahoma baseball returned to the diamond on their home soil on Tuesday night hosting UT-Arlington in a rematch of their game at Globe Life Field a couple of weeks ago. Similar to that night, the Sooners played well virtually all around to pick up the victory.

Things didn’t start off especially strong for Oklahoma, though, as starting pitcher Javier Ramos had a rough opening frame allowing four Mavericks runs. He would bounce back with a solid second inning to conclude his day after just six recorded outs.

The Sooners bats would pick him up quickly after he exited, putting up three runs in the bottom of the second, two of which coming on a double by right fielder Jace Bohrofen. They would then tack on six more runs in the bottom of the third on a home run by second baseman Conor McKenna, another 2-RBI hit by Bohrofen and then another two-run knock by designated hitter Jimmy Crooks.

Braden Carmichael entered the game in the third and was somewhat shaky allowing a run to cross, but really settled in after that. He tossed three shutout innings after that totaling up five strikeouts along the way. He gets the win in relief.

Oklahoma would score six more runs over the course of the sixth, seventh and eighth innings highlighted by a missile home run by third baseman Peyton Graham and yet another two-RBI hit by Bohrofen, this one a triple. He finished his evening with six runs knocked in.

The big day for the bats helps get the Sooners back to .500 on the young season at 6-6 and gives them a mini-season sweep of UT-Arlington winning both matchups this year. Oklahoma will now take a couple days off before returning to action at home for a three-game set with Arkansas State.

When, where, how to watch Oklahoma baseball take on UT-Arlington

Everything you need to know for when Oklahoma takes on UT-Arlington on Tuesday night in Norman.

Oklahoma (5-6) is set to return to L. Dale Mitchell Park on Tuesday night when they host UT-Arlington (5-5) in a rematch of their game a little less than two weeks ago at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. On that night, the Sooners had one of their more complete performances of the young season with a 7-1 win over the Mavericks.

Oklahoma is hoping for a bounce back week on their home soil after a disappointing performance overall at the Frisco College Baseball Classic. Other than a big offensive outburst against Missouri in the third game of four at Dr. Pepper Ballpark, few things went right at the event for the Sooners – specifically with the starting pitching.

Arizona put up staggering offensive numbers in their two games against Oklahoma to start the weekend and then Dallas Baptist closed the week with a big day behind the plate of their own. Skip Johnson’s club could certainly use a bounce back outing on Tuesday night to steer things back in a positive direction moving forward.

This will be the 37th all-time meeting between the Sooners and UT-Arlington, with Oklahoma taking 25 of the first 36 including each of the last four. This will be a welcome return back to Norman for the squad after playing nine straight games away from home, and will be the first time fans will be able to be back in the ballpark at L. Dale Mitchell Park this season.

For this midweek non-conference matchup, here is everything you need to know:

PITCHING MATCHUP:   Oklahoma TBA vs UT-Arlington TBA

WHERE:   Norman, Oklahoma

WHEN:   6:30 p.m. CT

HOW TO WATCH:   FOX Sports Oklahoma (Chad McKee & George Frazier)

HOW TO LISTEN:   Sportstalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM KREF; Tune In Radio App; Sportstalk1400.com (Toby Rowland)