If the Sooners win their tournament opener, they will play Monday against the winner of Saturday's contest between No. 1 seed Gonzaga and the region's No. 16 seed (either Norfolk State or Appalachian State).
Oklahoma will be making its 33rd NCAA Tournament appearance, including its 28th in the past 38 years. The Sooners' 28 NCAA Tournament appearances since 1984 are the ninth most in the nation during that span, behind only Kansas, Duke, North Carolina, Arizona, Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan State and Syracuse.
OU has made seven of the last eight NCAA Tournaments, dating back to Kruger's second year in Norman. Oklahoma was also projected to make the 2020 NCAA Tournament, which was canceled due to COVID-10.
Oklahoma and Kansas are the only Big 12 schools with at least seven trips to the Big Dance since 2013.
OU is one of 14 schools to reach at least seven of the last eight NCAA Tournaments. Only Gonzaga, Kansas, Michigan State, North Carolina and Villanova have reached the Big Dance more than the Sooners during that time frame.
The Sooners are 42-32 all-time in the NCAA Tournament (7-6 under Kruger) and have reached the Final Four five times (1939, 1947, 1988, 2002 and 2016). Oklahoma also boasts nine Elite Eight showings and eleven Sweet 16 appearances.
Kruger will be guiding a team to the NCAA Tournament for the 20th time in his career. He was the first Division I coach to take five different schools to the NCAA Tournament and is the only coach to win an NCAA Tournament game with five programs. In 2015, he became the first and only coach since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 to take four programs to the Sweet 16 or beyond. He is one of only three head coaches to ever lead four schools to multiple NCAA Tournament wins.
The Sooners head to Indianapolis with a 15-10 record (9-8 in Big 12 play). Oklahoma faced one of the most difficult schedules in the country with 52% of its games being against teams ranked in the top 20 of the current AP Top 25.
Oklahoma's five wins over top-15 teams in the regular season were tied for the most in the country. The Sooners only lost one game outside of "Quad 1" in the NCAA NET Rankings.
Saturday's matchup with Missouri is the 212th meeting between the old conference foes. The Sooners are 114-97 all-time against the Tigers.
The two programs have met in the NCAA Tournament on just one previous occasion, with OU defeating the Tigers in the 2002 Elite Eight to advance to the Final Four.
The Sooners have won six straight games against SEC schools and are 3-0 all-time against SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament.
A limited number of OU tickets will go on sale Tuesday at 10 a.m. CT. on SoonerSports.com/tickets or by calling (800) 456-GoOU. All tickets are mobile and will allow access to the OU game only.
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