Huskies to host Okla. State in Big 12Big East Battle

The Cowboys are coming to town.

The UConn men’s basketball team will host Oklahoma State in a Big 12-Big East Battle game on Dec. 1, either at Gampel Pavilion or XL Center, the leagues announced on Thursday.

It’s the second year that UConn has been involved in the Big 12-Big East Battle, after bowing at West Virginia, 56-53, last season. Oklahoma State is 1-2 in the three previous games of the Battle, including a loss at home to Xavier, 77-71, last year.

Oklahoma State, under head coach Mike Boynton, posted a 15-15 record in 2021-22, 8-10 in the Big 12, but were ineligible for postseason play. The Cowboys

return top two scorers Avery Anderson and Bryce Thompson as well as leading rebounder Moussa Cisse, and have added JohnMichael Wright, a transfer from High Point University who was the leading scorer in the Big South Conference, and All-Sun Belt Conference First Team guard Caleb Asberry from Texas State.

Oklahoma State boasts a 2-0 all-time edge over UConn — 80-64 in the Bayou Classic in Lafayette, La., on Dec. 18, 1970, and 98-90 in the Maui Invitational in Hawaii on Nov. 21, 2016.

Television broadcast arrangements for the Big 12-Big East Battle will be determined by the national television rights holder of the home team, which is Fox Sports for the Big East and ESPN for the Big 12.

UConn will also play in the PK85 Invitational Nov. 24-27 in Portland, Ore. in a bracket that also includes North Carolina, Alabama, Iowa State, Michigan State, Oregon, Portland and Villanova. On Dec. 7, UConn will play a non-conference game at Florida. The rest of the Huskies’ 2022-23 schedule will be announced later in the summer.

Ron Jenkins / Getty Images Bryce Thompson and Oklahoma State will travel to Connecticut next season as part of the Big 12-Big East Battle.