SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist University's 2025-26 season has a 28-game schedule with 13 contests coming inside the Noble Complex next winter.
"We couldn't be more excited to release our schedule for this upcoming season,"
Jason Eaker said. "As always, we will be tested at every turn in our challenging non-conference schedule, highlighted by us hosting our Thanksgiving Classic with two quality MIAA opponents. We are looking forward to this pursuit of championships with this wonderful group of young men we have for this year's version of Bison Basketball. We have a phenomenal group once again to coach, mentor and ultimately compete with. Go Bison!"
Season tickets will go on sale at the end of August.
OBU's season starts Nov. 14-15 in Bethany during the GAC/NSIC Conference Challenge against Northern State and University of Mary. Those are the first-ever matchups with those programs.
A weekend later, the Bison will head to the Pittsburg State Classic and face Missouri Southern and the host Gorillas on Nov. 20-21, respectively.
The final non-conference contests come in Shawnee on Nov. 28 and 29. The OBU Thanksgiving Classic will pit the Bison against Emporia State and Newman on those two days.
Great American Conference play, 22 games in total, begins after that. OBU opens with three straight road games – Dec. 4 at Arkansas-Monticello; Dec. 6 at Southern Arkansas and Dec. 11 against Southwestern Oklahoma State. The green and gold will close 2025 with a home contest against Southeastern (Dec. 13) and at East Central (Dec. 18).
January 2026 competition begins with a trio of home games. On the 3rd, Northwestern Oklahoma State comes to town before Jan. 8 and Jan. 10 games versus Arkansas Tech and Harding, respectively.
OBU will head to Arkadelphia, Ark. on Jan. 15 and 17 with bouts against Ouachita and Henderson State before a stretch of four consecutive games in Shawnee. Those are: Southern Nazarene (Jan. 22); SWOSU (Jan. 24); SAU (Jan. 29) and UAM (Jan. 31).
In February, there are eight games. The Bison will head back to Arkansas to face Harding (Feb. 5) and Arkansas Tech (Feb. 7). A week later, OBU visits SNU on Feb. 12 and Southeastern Oklahoma State on Feb. 14.
Down the stretch, Eaker's squad has three of four games at home. Those include Henderson State (Feb. 19), Ouachita (Feb. 21) and ECU (Feb. 28). In between those is a date at Northwestern on the 26th.
