How to watch Texas basketball vs. OK State: TV, live steam, game time, odds
Head coach Shaka Smart and No. 13 ranked Texas basketball has their biggest game of the season to date on tap as they take on head coach Mike Boynton and the No. 12 ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys in the final round of the Big 12 Tournament. Texas is the three-seed in the Big 12 Tournament, and Oklahoma State is the five-seed.
To get to this point, the Longhorns had to beat the six-seed and No. 20 ranked Texas Tech Red Raiders in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament, which came back on March 11 by a one-point margin. Then Texas was supposed to face the two-seed Kansas Jayhawks and head coach Bill Self in the semifinals on March 12.
But a positive COVID-19 test on the Jayhawks side essentially eliminated them from the Big 12 Tournament, thus pushing the Longhorns through to the finals.
And on the Oklahoma State side, they knocked off the No. 10 ranked and four-seed West Virginia Mountaineers in the quarterfinals. Then Oklahoma State pulled off a huge upset in the semifinals on March 12 of the No. 2 ranked and top-seeded Baylor Bears by a sizable nine-point margin.
Texas does come into the final round of the Big 12 Tournament as a 2.5-point favorite roughly six hours ahead of tip-off. And the ESPN matchup predictor gives the Longhorns a 61.5 percent chance to win this game.
How to watch/live stream Texas basketball vs. Oklahoma State
Texas and Oklahoma State tip off at 6 p.m. CT as the first game in a set of major conference title games at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO, on March 13. Here’s more on the live streaming/TV channel information for this night.
TV: ESPN
Live Stream: Watch ESPN App
Radio/Audio Stream: Texassports.com/Longhorn IMG Radio Network
ESPN will carry this game in front of a national television audience. Texas had a tremendously entertaining game to watch in their quarterfinals win over Texas Tech back on March 11. This game should deliver the same (or even more ) entertainment value on an even bigger stage.
Key Texas basketball and OK State players to watch
There were a number of factors that led to the Longhorns pulling off a nice upset (technically by the pregame betting line) of Texas Tech back on March 11. Texas got a really nice outing from senior guard Matt Coleman. And considering this could be Coleman’s last Big 12 Tournament game in his Longhorns career, this should be a big night for him.
Texas is also really going to need someone like talented freshman power forward Greg Brown to step up alongside the likes of Coleman to push this team against the Pokes. Brown had an emotional exit in the quarterfinals and didn’t play much of a role in the team’s success in the second half. Texas will need a bounce back outing from Brown on this night.
On the Oklahoma State side, star freshman point guard and the projected top pick in the 2021 NBA Draft Cade Cunningham will have all eyes on him. Cunningham had himself a big day in the Pokes’ win over Baylor on March 12, with a game-high 25 points, along with eight rebounds, and five assists.
Flanking Cunningham will be the breakthrough sophomore combo guard Avery Anderson. A player that has scored in double figures in six of the last seven games and has a combined 68 points (roughly 23 points per game in that span) in the last three outings is one that the Longhorns can’t forget about. Anderson is taking his game to new heights of late. He and Cunningham are a very dangerous guard duo for Texas to contend with.
Picking Texas basketball vs. OK State
Texas and Oklahoma State both have their games trending in the right direction heading into the final round of the Big 12 Tournament. The Longhorns come into this game with a record of 18-7 (19-7 if you include the disqualification win over Kansas). Meanwhile, Oklahoma State notched their 20th win of the season over Baylor on the prior night.
With Oklahoma State coming into this game as an underdog, the likes of Coleman and junior guard Courtney Ramey will have to put their best foot forward. Cunningham and Anderson are likely to come out of the gates hot, but Texas has the talent to contend with them.
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Picking this game is difficult, but the Longhorns have a good bit of momentum headed in to face a red hot Oklahoma State team. It feels like the right spot for Smart and the Longhorns to finally get over the hump thanks to a plethora of senior leadership in their starting five.