OSU Baseball: Cowboys Earn 4 Seed, Will Face Texas in Big 12 Championship Opener

The nation’s No. 8 Oklahoma State Cowboys are the No. 4 team in their conference championship bracket. That says a lot about the strength of the Big 12.

The Cowboys will face the Longhorns in Arlington on Wednesday morning.

With a series win in Waco on Saturday, the Cowboys finished their regular season 36-18 and 15-9 in conference play, tying with both Texas Tech and Oklahoma. But the league’s tie-breaker rules (head-to-head record versus the pool) mean the Cowboys land at the bottom of that tie, the 4 seed of the Big 12 Championship.

The Pokes will face off with UT in a 4/5 matchup on Wednesday morning. OSU swept Texas on the road a month prior. After an 8-6 squeaker, the Cowboys outscored the ‘Horns 24-11 over the final two games in Austin.

Here’s the full bracket.

And here’s a look at the entire conference tourney schedule for the week.

Wednesday, May 25
Game 1 – 9 a.m. – No. 4 Oklahoma State vs. No. 5 Texas – ESPNU
Game 2 – 12:30 p.m. – No. 1 TCU vs. No. 8 Baylor – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 3 – 4 p.m. – No. 2 Texas Tech vs. No. 7 Kansas State – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 4 – 7:30 p.m. – No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 6 West Virginia – Big 12 Now on ESPN+

Thursday, May 26
Game 5 – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser – 9 a.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 6 – Game 3 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser – 12:30 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 7 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner – 4 p.m. – ESPNU
Game 8 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner – 7:30 p.m. – ESPNU

Friday, May 27
Game 9 – Game 7 Loser vs. Game 5 Winner – 3:15 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 10 – Game 8 Loser vs. Game 6 Winner – 7 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+

Saturday, May 28
Game 11 – Game 9 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner – 9 a.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 12 – Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner – 12:30 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 13 – Game 11 Loser vs. Game 11 Winner (if necessary) – 4 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Game 14 – Game 12 Loser vs. Game 12 Winner (if necessary) – 4 p.m. or 7:30 p.m. – Big 12 Now on ESPN+

Sunday, May 29
Game 15 – Championship Game – 5 p.m. – ESPNU