# 2004–05 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Kelvin Sampson and played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center. Oklahoma finished tied atop the Big 12 regular season standings with Kansas, and OU won the only regular season meeting between the teams. The Sooners fell in the semifinal round of the Big 12 Conference tournament, but received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament No. 3 seed in the South region. After beating No. 14 seed Niagara in the opening round, the Sooners fell to No. 6 seed Utah in the round of 32 to finish the season 25–8 (12–4 Big 12).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 20, 2004* | | Cal State Northridge | W 82–72 | 1–0 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Nov 25, 2004* | | vs. High Point Great Alaska Shootout | W 93–65 | 2–0 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska |
| Nov 26, 2004* | | vs. No. 22 Washington Great Alaska Shootout | L 91–96 | 2–1 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska |
| Nov 27, 2004* | | vs. Minnesota Great Alaska Shootout | W 67–54 | 3–1 | Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska |
| Dec 1, 2004* | | Coppin State | W 67–44 | 4–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 8, 2004* | | at Purdue | W 66–48 | 5–1 | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Dec 11, 2004* | | Northern Colorado | W 80–44 | 6–1 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 18, 2004* | | vs. No. 7 Duke Dreyfus Classic | L 67–78 | 6–2 | Madison Square Garden New York, New York |
| Dec 23, 2004* | | Missouri State | W 61–53 | 7–2 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Dec 28, 2004* | | vs. Tulsa All-College Basketball Classic | W 70–64 | 8–2 | Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
| Dec 30, 2004* | | Florida A&M | W 104–45 | 9–2 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 2, 2005* | | Texas-Rio Grande Valley | W 94–54 | 10–2 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 8, 2005 | | Colorado | W 85–55 | 11–2 (1–0) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 10, 2005* | No. 25 | No. 12 Connecticut | W 77–65 | 12–2 | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 15, 2005 | No. 25 | at Baylor | W 65–61 | 13–2 (2–0) | Ferrell Center Waco, Texas |
| Jan 18, 2005 | No. 18 | at Texas A&M | W 70-54 | 14–2 (3–0) | Reed Arena College Station, Texas |
| Jan 22, 2005 | No. 18 | No. 15 Texas | W 64-60 | 15–2 (4–0) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 24, 2005 | No. 13 | No. 9 Oklahoma State | W 67-57 | 16–2 (5–0) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Jan 29, 2005 | No. 13 | at Iowa State | L 66-74 | 16–3 (5–1) | Hilton Coliseum Ames, Iowa |
| Feb 2, 2005 | No. 15 | Texas A&M | W 69-65 | 17–3 (6–1) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 5, 2005 | No. 15 | Texas Tech | L 81-88 | 17–4 (6–2) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, Oklahoma |
| Feb 7, 2005 | No. 16 | No. 10 Oklahoma State | L 67-79 | 17–5 (6–3) | Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| Mar 5, 2005 | No. 20 | at Texas Tech | W 74–54 | 23–6 (12–4) | United Spirit Arena Lubbock, Texas |
| Big 12 tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 2005* | (1) No. 17 | vs. Missouri Quarterfinals | W 83–79 | 24–6 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri |
| Mar 12, 2005* | (1) No. 17 | vs. Texas Tech Semifinals | L 63–69 | 24–7 | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 2005* | (3 S) No. 17 | vs. (14 S) Niagara First Round | W 84–67 | 25–7 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| Mar 19, 2005* | (3 S) No. 17 | vs. (6 S) No. 18 Utah Second Round | L 58–67 | 25–8 | McKale Center Tucson, Arizona |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region S=South. ||||||