1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Big Six Conference co-champion
NCAA Final Four
Conference	Big Six Conference
Record	12–9 (7–3 Big Six)
Head coach	Bruce Drake (1st season);
Home arena	McCasland Field House
	Seasons ← 1937–38 1939–40 →

1938–39 Big Six Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Missouri	7	–	3	.700	12	–	6	.667
Oklahoma	7	–	3	.700	12	–	6	.667
Kansas	6	–	4	.600	13	–	7	.650
Iowa State	5	–	5	.500	8	–	9	.471
Nebraska	3	–	7	.300	7	–	13	.350
Kansas State	2	–	8	.200	5	–	13	.278

The 1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1938–39 college basketball season as a member of the Big Six Conference. They finished the season 12–9 overall record, and tied for the Big Six Conference title with a 7–3 conference record. The Sooners made it to the Final Four of the 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament. They were coached by Bruce Drake in his first season as head coach of the Sooners. They played their home games at McCasland Field House in Norman, Oklahoma.^[1]^[2]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
*	at Colorado	L 42–52	0–1	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
*	at Colorado	W 33–29	1–1	Balch Fieldhouse Boulder, CO
*	Arkansas	L 31–39	1–2	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
*	Arkansas	L 30–36	1–3	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
*	at SMU	L 44–49	1–4	Old Gym University Park, TX
*	SMU	W 49–31	2–4	Old Gym University Park, TX
January 7, 1939	Kansas	W 43–31	3–4 (1–0)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
	at No. 15 Missouri	L 33–37 ^OT	3–5 (1–1)	Brewer Fieldhouse Columbia, MO
	at Iowa	L 42–51	3–6 (1–2)	State Gymnasium Ames, IA
	Nebraska	W 56–39	4–6 (2–2)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
*	Oklahoma A&M Bedlam Series	W 34–30	5–6	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
*	at Oklahoma A&M	L 22–32	5–7	4-H Club and Student Activities Building Stillwater, OK
	Iowa State	W 60–41	6–7 (3–2)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
February 27, 1939	at Kansas	L 45–59	6–8 (3–3)	Hoch Auditorium Lawrence, KS
	Missouri	W 43–40	7–8 (4–3)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
	Kansas State	W 37–35	8–8 (5–3)	McCasland Field House Norman, OK
	at Nebraska	W 53–47	9–8 (6–3)	Nebraska Coliseum Lincoln, NE
	at Kansas State	W 50–38	10–8 (7–3)	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
*	vs. Oklahoma A&M Bedlam Series/District Final	W 30–21	11–8	Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Tournament
March 20, 1939	vs. Utah State Quarterfinal	W 50–39	12–8	California Coliseum San Francisco, CA
March 21, 1939	vs. Oregon Final Four	L 37–55	12–9	California Coliseum San Francisco, CA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

References

^ "1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
^ "2019-20 Oklahoma Sooners Men's Basketball Media Guide". University of Oklahoma athletics. 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

[1] "1938–39 Oklahoma Sooners Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

[2] "2019-20 Oklahoma Sooners Men's Basketball Media Guide". University of Oklahoma athletics. 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2020.

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v t e Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball
Venues	Oklahoma Gymnasium (1907–1919) University of Oklahoma R.O.T.C. Armory (1919–1928) McCasland Field House (1928–1975) Lloyd Noble Center (1975–present)
Rivalries	Oklahoma State
Culture & lore	Boomer and Sooner RUF/NEKS Jumpman Invitational
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics