One of the first tasks for the Sooners' new athletic director will be to get OU's men's basketball program back on its feet.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Freshman star Darius Acuff Jr. had 21 points and nine assists, and No. 15 Arkansas held off Oklahoma 83-79 on Tuesday night. Meleek Thomas added 16 points for the Razorbacks (16-5,

Oklahoma shocked South Carolina in OT, Oregon State survived a 37-point performance, a 9-block game, two 10-steal games, UConn and Vandy hit 20-0 and more from Thursday's college basketball action.

Oklahoma won for only the third time in program history against a team ranked in the top two. Previously, the Sooners were 2-31 in such matchups.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Tonie Morgan scored 21 points to lead No. 6 Kentucky to a 63-57 win over fifth-ranked Oklahoma on Sunday. The Wildcats (15-2, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) rallied from a 13-point deficit in the second quarter for their second win over a top 10 opponent in two weeks.

The Sooners will play No. 4 Texas on Sunday, Feb. 1 in Austin, where ESPN's "Women's College GameDay" will be in attendance.

After an upset win over South Carolina, Aaliyah Chavez looks like the next star in women's basketball. She has the keys to Oklahoma's success.

As conference play in men's college basketball continues to heat up, so, too, are the seats of several head coaches of teams that simply are not as good as they expected/used to be.