The Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team played its home games in the Lloyd Noble Center and was a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) former Big Eight Conference at that time.

[2] The team was led by three future NBA draft first round selections: Harvey Grant, Stacey King and Mookie Blaylock.

The team then ran off 9 more wins taking it to the championship game of the 1988 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where it lost to Kansas.

[6][7] Stacey King set the current Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball single-season blocked shots (103) record.

[6] The team holds numerous Sooner records including wins (35), and points per game (102.5).