NORMAN – The Oklahoma baseball home game against Air Force on Tuesday, March 15 at L. Dale Mitchell Park has been moved up to a 4 p.m. start. Gates will open at 3 p.m.

Here’s how you can catch the NIT bracket announcement.

Fans of the Oklahoma Sooners have been sitting on pins and needles over the past 36 hours, and they finally got their answer Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately, it wasn’t the news they wanted, as OU ended up as one of the “First Four Out” of the NCAA Tournament field.

The Sooners certainly gave the committee plenty of reasons to exclude them, but when looking at the competition for the final spots, OU should have been in over 17-14 Michigan and 18-13 Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights were 77th in NET, suffering losses to Lafayette, UMass DePaul and Penn State. Meanwhile, Michigan has a comparable record to the Sooners and lost to a common opponent — UCF. The most puzzling part is that the Big Ten was fourth in conference RPI and got nine teams into the field. Doesn’t make a ton of sense!

At any rate, OU will now await its announced spot in the NIT field, and they could potentially find themselves hosting a game or two. Here’s how you can watch the selection show:

Date: Sunday, March 13

Time: 8 p.m. CT

TV: ESPNU

Streaming: Watch ESPN and ESPN+

OU will learn its postseason fate during the NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday show on CBS.

Following a win over Baylor and a one-point loss to Texas Tech, most considered the Oklahoma Sooners to be a viable candidate for one of the final at-large spots for the NCAA Tournament. However, some tough breaks in the other conference tournaments have many people thinking that OU’s valiant showing at the Big 12 Tournament might have been too little, too late.

Most notably, Richmond’s Sunday win over top-seeded Davidson in the A10 Tournament has people feeling a bit more pessimistic. Virginia Tech’s ACC Championship triumph, Texas A&M’s SEC run and Indiana’s upset of Illinois haven’t exactly helped matters either.

At any rate, we will all find out OU’s fate during the NCAA Tournament Selection Show, which starts at 5 p.m. CT on CBS. The live stream can be found on NCAA March Madness Live or Paramount+. Once the bracket is revealed, you can find opening betting lines via DraftKings.

It’s been a while since Sooner fans have truly “sweated it” on this day. Lon Kruger’s Trae Young-led team entered the day in a complete spiral, but we knew they would get in whether they deserved it or not. Kelvin Sampson’s 2003-04 team made the NIT but wasn’t really THAT close to an NCAA bid. A season that comes to mind is Sampson’s 1998-99 campaign, which saw the Sooners sneak in as a 13-seed and make a run to the Sweet 16. Essentially, it’s been over two decades since the program has been in this position on this day.

It won’t surprise me if OU ends up being the first team left out, so one has to wonder what position this team would be in if the ball had just bounced the Sooners’ way in one of the team’s many close defeats. To put it lightly, there are an awful lot of “what-ifs” with this team and this season, but they’ve shown us what we can expect from Moser’s program from an effort and preparation standpoint.

No matter what happens today, I’m optimistic for the future.