2020–21 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

2020–21 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	*ineligible for postseason due to improper certification of student-athletes
	† 2021 Big 12 Tournament winner ; As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll

Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
2020–21 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 9
2020–21 record	12–5 (7–4 Big 12)
Head coach	Lon Kruger (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Jim Molinari; Carlin Hartman; Pooh Williamson;
Home arena	Lloyd Noble Center

The 2020–21 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represents the University of Oklahoma in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by tenth-year head coach Lon Kruger and play their home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma, as members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Sooners finished the 2019–20 season with an overall record of 19–11, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Corbin Merritt	2	C	6'9"	245	RS Sophomore	Tallahassee, FL	Transferred to Austin Peay
Kristian Doolittle	21	F	6'7"	232	Senior	Edmond, OK	Graduated
Jamal Bieniemy	24	G	6'5"	187	Sophomore	Katy, TX	Transferred to UTEP

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Umoja Gibson	2	G	6'1"	176	Junior	Waco, TX	Transferred from North Texas.
Elijah Harkless	24	G	6'3"	195	Junior	Rialto, CA	Transferred from Cal State Northridge.

2020 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Trey Phipps PG / SG	Tulsa, OK	Booker T. Washington	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Aug 1, 2019
Trey Phipps PG / SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: N/A ESPN grade: N/A
Josh O'Garro SF	George Town, Cayman Islands	Santa Clarita Christian School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Aug 6, 2020
Josh O'Garro SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2020–21 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Victor Iwuakor	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	223 lb (101 kg)	So	Sulphur Springs	Abuja, Nigeria
F	1	Jalen Hill	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Clark	Las Vegas, NV
G	2	Umoja Gibson	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	176 lb (80 kg)	Jr	North Texas	Waco, TX
G	3	Trey Phipps	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Fr	Booker T. Washington	Tulsa, OK
G	11	De'Vion Harmon	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	So	John Guyer	Denton, TX
G	12	Austin Reaves	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Wichita State	Newark, AR
F	13	Anyang Garang	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	NBA Global Academy	Adelaide, Australia
G	15	Alondes Williams	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	201 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Triton College	Milwaukee, WI
C	20	Rick Issanza	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	RS Fr	Bella Vista Prep	Kinshasa, Congo
G	21	Josh O'Garro	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Santa Clarita Christian School	George Town, Cayman Islands
G	24	Elijah Harkless	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Cal State Northridge	San Bernardino, CA
F	32	Read Streller (W)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	Sr	Oklahoma Christian School	Edmond, OK
F	35	Brady Manek	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	Sr	Harrah	Harrah, OK
G	44	Blake Seacat (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	203 lb (92 kg)	So	Jenks	Jenks, OK
G	45	Keller Casey (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	So	Episcopal School of Dallas	Dallas, TX
F	52	Kur Kuath	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Sr	Salt Lake CC	Biemnon, South Sudan

Head coach

Lon Kruger (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
December 3, 2020* 7:00 pm, FSOK		UTSA	W 105–66	1–0	Lloyd Noble Center (2,201) Norman, OK
December 6, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPN2		at TCU	W 82–78	2–0 (1–0)	Schollmaier Arena (1,747) Fort Worth, TX
December 9, 2020* 7:00 pm, FS1		at Xavier Big East/Big 12 Battle	L 77–99	2–1	Cintas Center (300) Cincinnati, OH
December 12, 2020* 4:00 pm, FSOK		Florida A&M	W 85–54	3–1	Lloyd Noble Center (1,909) Norman, OK
December 16, 2020* 7:00 pm, FSOK		Oral Roberts	W 79–65	4–1	Lloyd Noble Center (2,000) Norman, OK
December 19, 2020* 4:00 pm, FSOK		Houston Baptist	W 84–65	5–1	Lloyd Noble Center (611) Norman, OK
December 22, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 15 Texas Tech	L 67–69	5–2 (1–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (1,328) Norman, OK
January 2, 2021 3:00 pm, ESPN2		No. 9 West Virginia	W 75–71	6–2 (2–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (2,431) Norman, OK
January 6, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 2 Baylor	L 61–76	6–3 (2–2)	Ferrell Center (2,350) Waco, TX
January 9, 2021 3:30 pm, CBS		at No. 6 Kansas	L 59–63	6–4 (2–3)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,500) Lawrence, KS
January 12, 2021 6:30 pm, ESPN+		TCU	W 82–46	7–4 (3–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (1,921) Norman, OK
January 16, 2021 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at Oklahoma State Bedlam	Postponed		Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 19, 2021 5:30 pm, FSOK		at Kansas State	W 76–50	8–4 (4–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (1,934) Norman, OK
January 23, 2021 11:00 am, ESPN		No. 9 Kansas	W 75–68	9–4 (5–3)	Lloyd Noble Center (2,669) Norman, OK
January 26, 2021 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 24	at No. 5 Texas	W 80–79	10–4 (6–3)	Frank Erwin Center (0) Austin, TX
January 30, 2021* 11:00 am, ESPN	No. 24	No. 9 Alabama Big 12/SEC Challenge	W 66–61	11–4	Lloyd Noble Center (2,680) Norman, OK
February 1, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 9	at No. 13 Texas Tech	L 52–57	11–5 (6–4)	United Supermarkets Arena (4,250) Lubbock, TX
February 6, 2021 11:00 am, ESPN2	No. 9	Iowa State	W 79–72	12–5 (7–4)	Lloyd Noble Center (2,734) Norman, OK
February 10, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPN2		Baylor	Postponed		Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 13, 2021 12:00 pm, ESPN+		at West Virginia			WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 16, 2021 6:30 pm, ESPN+		Texas			Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 20, 2021 ESPN2/ESPNU		at Iowa State			Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
February 23, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU		at Kansas State			Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 25, 2021 8:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPNU		at Oklahoma State Bedlam			Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 27, 2021 2:00 pm, ABC		Oklahoma State Bedlam			Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
Big 12 Tournament
March 2021		vs. TBA			Sprint Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source[1]

References

"Men's Basketball - Schedule - The Official Site of Oklahoma Sooner Sports". www.soonersports.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.

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[1] "Men's Basketball - Schedule - The Official Site of Oklahoma Sooner Sports". www.soonersports.com. Retrieved 2019-09-10.

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NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

2020–21 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Baylor	9	–	0	1.000	17	–	0	1.000
No. 17 West Virginia	6	–	3	.667	13	–	5	.722
No. 9 Oklahoma	7	–	4	.636	12	–	5	.706
No. 13 Texas Tech	6	–	4	.600	14	–	5	.737
No. 6 Texas	5	–	4	.556	11	–	5	.688
No. 23 Kansas	6	–	5	.545	12	–	7	.632
Oklahoma State*	5	–	5	.500	12	–	5	.706
TCU	3	–	5	.375	10	–	7	.588
Kansas State	1	–	10	.091	5	–	15	.250
Iowa State	0	–	8	.000	2	–	11	.154
*ineligible for postseason due to improper certification of student-athletes

† 2021 Big 12 Tournament winner As of February 6, 2021; Rankings from AP Poll