Bedlam basketball appears here to stay.
New Oklahoma State coach Steve Lutz told CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein Monday that the Sooners and Cowboys are on track to play a Bedlam basketball game in December at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City.
Both OU and OSU repeatedly expressed interest throughout last season for the Bedlam rivalry — once thought to be dead after OU’s SEC entry — to continue.
“Why not, it’s meant a lot to the state,” Sooners head coach Porter Moser said in February. “It’s been a rivalry, there’ll be a lot of things, semantic-wise … But why not for the future? It’s something I’m not against, I don’t think he’s against it’s just about figuring it out. I think that’s gonna be the biggest key but it’s been a meaningful thing for the state and all sports so I don’t know why not.”
OU was 33-29 against the Cowboys in the Big 12, which began play during the 1996-97 season.
According to Rothstein, there are no contracts set but the game is expected to be held in mid-December.