The Sooners, who finished 2006 with an 11-6-1 record, runner-up finish at the Big 12 Championships and the program's fourth third-place finish out of the last five years at the NCAA Championships, will compete against nine schools that finished in the top-25 team standings at last season's NCAA finals. OU will host eight home duals at Howard McCasland Field House and take part in the annual Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic as well as compete in the Missouri and Oklahoma Opens.
"We are looking forward to a great 2006-07 season, and as usual our schedule is a very challenging one with all four of the other Big 12 wrestling programs finishing in the top-20 at last year's NCAA Championships," Spates said. "Our guys are eager, hungry and working hard to bring home a trophy at the championships for the eighth time out of the last nine years."
OU will also travel to South Grand Prairie, Texas for the Lone Star Duals and visit Cedar Falls, Iowa for the second straight year to wrestle in the NWCA National Duals.
The seven-match non-conference schedule has the Sooners hosting top-25 finishers in Oregon and Hofstra and traveling to top-25 finishers Arizona State, Cal-Poly and Michigan State.
The Sooners will open the 2006-07 season at home when Missouri Valley and Oklahoma City University travel to Norman for a double-dual on Nov. 11.
After the home opener OU will travel to Brockport, N.Y., for the annual Brockport/Oklahoma Gold Classic, Nov. 11. The Sooners than compete in back-to-back open tournaments at the Missouri and Oklahoma Opens on Nov. 19 and 25 respectively.
After three duals the team will travel to South Grand Prairie, Texas for the Lone Star Duals, then return home before heading to the NWCA National Duals Jan. 13-14.
The five-match Big 12 schedule will feature home duals against defending Big 12 and national champions Oklahoma State, Missouri and Nebraska.
Oklahoma travels to Ames, Iowa and Stillwater, Okla., to square off against Iowa State and Oklahoma State.
The Big 12 Championships will be in Columbia, Mo., at the Hearnes Center, Saturday March 3. The Sooners will then travel to Detroit, Mich., for the NCAA Championships at the Palace of Auburn Hills March 15-17.
The Sooners welcome 13 newcomers for the 2006-07 season and return 19 wrestlers from last season, including All-Americans Sam Hazewinkel, Matt Storniolo and Joel Flaggert.
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