No. 13 Oklahoma faces the No. 2 South Carolina Gamecocks after Payton Verhulst scored 38 points in the Sooners' 80-63 victory over the Missouri Tigers.

The Sooners are still winless in conference play in their first season as an SEC member, but that can change against South Carolina on Saturday.

After winning its first 13 games and vaulting to No. 12 in the AP poll, Oklahoma has done a 180, losing each of its first four games as a new

South Carolina and Oklahoma are hoping to turn their SEC seasons around quickly in this college basketball odds, prediction, and pick.

OU men's basketball hosts South Carolina at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Lloyd Noble Center. The game will air on ESPNU.

The South Carolina Gamecocks are searching for their first conference win vs the Oklahoma Sooners. It hasn't been the best of starts for the South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team as they are 10-7 on the season and 0-4 in conference play.

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South Carolina, Dawn Staley return home to host Oklahoma on Sunday. Here's our score prediction and scouting report for the top 15 matchup.

Texas senior guard Tramon Mark took the offensive rebound and put the ball into the hoop himself for two more Longhorn points.

"Dawn Staley’s new contract extension with South Carolina valued at $25.25M includes $250K increase every season + $500K signing bonus. This makes Dawn the highest paid women’s college basketball coach in history," the caption read.

If OU fails to rally, there may not be another season of Porter Moser losing to Texas with the same old Sooners.

The Oklahoma Sooners lost plenty of key contributors on defense from their 2024 team. That defense was the best the program had seen in years, finding good footing under head coach Brent Venables and former defensive coordinator Zac Alley.