With a 19-12 overall record and a third-place finish in the 2019-20 Big 12 regular season, Oklahoma was expected to make in back to the Big Dance for the 33rd season overall and the seventh time in nine seasons under head coach Lon Kruger.
The road to the Final Four took an unexpected detour this season, and on March 12 hit a dead end when the NCAA Tournament was cancelled because of the rapid worldwide spread of the coronavirus.
Unlike Kansas, where basketball is king, basketball is not the flagship athletic program at the University of Oklahoma.