Predictions, picks and odds as Vanderbilt basketball faces Oklahoma. Plus, injury updates and the latest news.

Utah transfer Abigale Dayton joined sophomores Ella Parker and Kasidi Pickering as Oklahoma’s honorees. Both Pickering and Parker were voted as Preseason First Team All-Americans by Softball America and D1Softball, and Dayton earned Preseason Second Team All-American recognition from both publications.

No. 7 LSU (21-1, 6-1 SEC) will host No. 13 Oklahoma (16-4, 4-3 SEC) in a top-15 showdown Thursday night in the PMAC at 6 p.m. CT on ESPN for the annual whiteout game. Prior to Thursday’s game, SportsCenter will be live from the PMAC Pad from 1-2 and then there will be a party on the pad starting at 3:30 with vendors and activities for fans to enjoy.

The game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. EST and will be broadcast on ESPN2. Fans looking to watch this college basketball game can do so by using FuboTV, which offers a free trial and $30 off your first month, or DirecTV Stream, which also offers a free trial. SlingTV doesn’t offer a free trial but does have other promotional offers available.

The Sooners' schedule is tough. It will be one of the more difficult slates in 2025. But there's no guarantee that the teams on their schedule will be as good as they were in 2024. Oklahoma, on the other hand, should be significantly improved as their offense gets much better under Arbuckle and Mateer.

One of the Sooner standouts was defensive back Billy Bowman Jr., who is scheduled to play in Saturday's Senior Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. Bowman Jr. got a shoutout from the Oklahoma Sooners' official X account on Wednesday as his stellar play began turning heads during practice.

The Oklahoma Sooners came in at No. 3 in the SEC preseason coaches poll ahead of the start of the 2025 college softball season. Oklahoma is losing a lot of talent from a team that secured its fourth straight national title in 2024.

To preview Saturday’s contest, I spoke with the Commodores' Hoops Voice, Kevin Ingram. Craig: It seems from a far that this has been a well balanced team from an offensive production standpoint. Am I correct in that assessment?

The No. 13 Gymbacks will have their first-ever conference competition with Oklahoma this week, and it comes as the Sooners are ranked the top team in the nation.

The No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners' women’s basketball team will be put to the test on Thursday night as they square off against the No. 7 LSU Lady Tigers. The Sooners got back on track with an 86-55 victory against Georgia on Sunday after a humbling 101-60 loss to a No. 2 ranked South Carolina team the week before.

Oklahoma Sooners softball coach Patty Gasso explained why they won't be taking part in the Mary Nutter Classic