The school's team competes in the Horizon League and plays their home games at the Athletics Center O'rena.

Through the 2022–23 season, Oakland has made a three-point field goal in 1,093 consecutive games, the fourth-longest active NCAA Division I streak.

[3] The Oakland men's basketball program began competing in the 1967 season, 10 years after the university opened.

The first year as members of the GLIAC, Oakland hired Greg Kampe, who is still the head coach at the university.

When the O'rena was being built, home basketball games were played in the Sports Dome, an inflatable "bubble" used for practice by Oakland's athletic teams during the winter.

[7] The Golden Grizzlies completed the transition to Division I in 1999 and joined the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as The Summit League).

In the Round of 64, the 14th seeded Golden Grizzlies upset #3 Kentucky, 80-76, shocking the country and sending shockwaves throughout the tournament.

Senior transfer Jack Gohlke caught the nation's eye with 10 three-pointers in the game, ending with 32 points.

Conference tournament champion The rivalry between the Detroit Mercy Titans and Oakland is known as the Metro Series.

Oakland has historically dominated the series since its inception, with Detroit Mercy having only won three games against them since the Golden Grizzlies first joined the Horizon League and winning ten straight matchups from 2017 to 2021.