STILLWATER - Needing only one game to fill out Oklahoma State's basketball schedule, coach Sean Sutton got on the phone in hopes of bringing in an opponent for Dec. 9 at Gallagher-Iba Arena.
About 75 calls later, Sutton gave up on trying to get a team to come to him. Instead, Sutton and the Cowboys will play on the road.
OSU will play Northern Arizona in San Diego on Dec. 9, but the real news is that the Cowboys finally finalized their schedule.
"It's a challenging schedule," Sutton said. "There are a lot of marquee opponents that could be great games."
Highlighting the schedule is an East Coast-West Coast swing. The Cowboys will play Syracuse in New York City's Madison Square Garden on Dec. 5, which is part of the Jimmy V Classic. OSU plays Northern Arizona in San Diego four days later.
In addition to Syracuse, the Cowboys have non-conference games against Tennessee in Nashville. OSU will play the Pittsburgh Panthers in Oklahoma City as part of the All-College Tournament.
Also, OSU will play in South Padre Island, Texas, against Auburn in a Thanksgiving weekend tournament. The Cowboys might face Big 10 power Wisconsin in the second round.
OSU opens the season with a Nov. 3 exhibition game against Pittsburg (Kan.) State. The Cowboys' regular season will start Nov. 10 with a home game against Florida Atlantic, the first of five consecutive home games to open the season.
The Cowboys begin Big 12 Conference play Jan. 6 against Baylor. Each of OSU's 16 Big 12 games will be televised, and the Cowboys will play twice on ESPN's Big Monday, a nationally televised event. OSU will take on Oklahoma in Stillwater on Jan. 22 on Big Monday and will play another Big Monday game at Texas on Feb. 12.
OSU will play on CBS (Cox 10) Feb. 24 in Lubbock, Texas, against Texas Tech. The Cowboys will be featured on ESPN or ESPN2 in games at Kansas, home against Texas, and home against Texas Tech and Texas A&M. OSU has home Big 12 games against all the teams in the South Division, plus Iowa State, Missouri and Kansas State.
"The league is so balanced,"' Sutton said. "Every game is a tough one."
OSU went 17-16 and lost in the first round of the NIT to Miami last season.
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