FIRST PITCH
• Top-seeded and No. 8 nationally OU (34-18, 23-7) opens the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Wednesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington vs. nine-seed TCU (32-19, 14-16).• First pitch of OU's opening round matchup is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. CT Wednesday as the No. 1 seed Sooners received a first-round bye and awaited the lowest-seeded winner from two of Tuesday's matchups.
• The game can be seen via Big 12 NOW on ESPN+ with Keith Moreland and Mike Rooney on the call.
• All games can heard locally in Oklahoma on SportsTalk 1400 AM/99.3 FM or nationwide on The Varsity app with OU play-by-play voice Toby Rowland calling the action with analysts Ross Hubbard and Carly Murray.
• The Sooners enter the postseason with a 34-18 record and 23-7 mark in conference play, winning their first Big 12 regular season title in program history by three games.
• OU is looking for its second Big 12 tournament title in the past three years and fourth overall, previously winning the conference tourney in 1997, 2013 and 2022.
LEADING OFF
• The Sooners have put together an historic season, highlighted by a top-10 win over then-No. 9, and current No. 1, Tennessee, four ranked victories, six Big 12 sweeps for the first time and the first Big 12 regular season crown in program history.• The Sooners hold the No. 10 SOS entering conference tournament week and No. 15 RPI, going 11-6 in Quad 1 games and a combined 20-12 in matchups vs. Q1 and Q2. OU's non-conference SOS ranks sixth in the country.
• OU's six conference sweeps are the most in the program's history in the Big 12 era and the most across conference play since 1994 (6, Big 8).
• OU won 23 games in Big 12 play, the most for the program in the Big 12 era and tying the most in program history with the 1994 and '95 teams. The Sooners were one win shy of tying the Big 12's all-time record for league wins in a season (Texas, 2010)
• The Sooners won 14 of their last 16 conference games, including sweeps in four of the last six weekend series.
• Oklahoma had a wire-to-wire lead over the Big 12 standings, sitting in first or a tie for first place after every weekend of Big 12 play.
• Oklahoma is in its seventh season under the direction of head coach Skip Johnson. Johnson, who spent the 2017 season on staff as an assistant coach, has led the Sooners to a 223-150 record, three NCAA Tournament appearances, the 2024 Big 12 regular season title, 2022 Big 12 tournament championship and the 2022 College World Series finals since taking over as head coach prior to the 2018 season.
