Oklahoma has yet to hire its new defensive coordinator for 2025, and its athletic director explained when that might happen.

Utah transfer Abigale Dayton joined sophomores Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering as Oklahoma’s honorees. Both Pickering and Parker were voted as Preseason First Team All-Americans by Softball America and D1Softball, and Dayton earned Preseason Second Team All-American recognition from both publications.

The Oklahoma Sooners used to be known for their elite offense. However, under Brent Venables this last year, they had a terrible offense, one of the worst in the country, and an elite defense, one of the best in the country.

Predictions, picks and odds as Vanderbilt basketball faces Oklahoma. Plus, injury updates and the latest news.

The Oklahoma Sooners came in at No. 3 in the SEC preseason coaches poll ahead of the start of the 2025 college softball season. Oklahoma is losing a lot of talent from a team that secured its fourth straight national title in 2024.

The Oklahoma Sooners had one of the hardest schedules in the country in 2024, their first season in the Southeastern Conference. OU went 6-7 in Brent Venables' third season at the helm. Oklahoma's 4-1 nonconference record wasn't enough to overcome a 2-6 mark in

The No. 13 Gymbacks will have their first-ever conference competition with Oklahoma this week, and it comes as the Sooners are ranked the top team in the nation.

The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Fans looking to watch this college basketball game can do so by using FuboTV, which offers a free trial and $30 off your first month, or DirecTV Stream, which also offers a free trial. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but does have other promotional offers available.

This article was originally published on as Tiff in Oklahoma-LSU Women's Basketball Clash Ends With Pair of Ejections.

Hidalgo shot 10 of 16 from the floor and made all seven of her free throws for the Fighting Irish (18-2, 9-0 Atlantic Coast Conference), who won their 13th straight game and beat Virginia Tech for the seventh consecutive time.

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU forward Sa’Myah Smith and Oklahoma forward Liz Scott were both ejected after some shoving midway through the first quarter of the seventh-ranked Tigers' 107-100 win over the 13th-ranked Sooners on Thursday night.