OU baseball's 1st SEC season was a success. How can Sooners be better for Year 2?

Mason Young

Tulsa World OU Sports Reporter

NORMAN — Oklahoma baseball’s 2025 season came to an end earlier this week with a loss to North Carolina in the winner-take-all finale of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional.

With a generational talent in Kyson Witherspoon leading its pitching staff, OU would have liked to make a deeper run in the postseason.

Yet, Skip Johnson and company’s first season in the Southeastern Conference should be considered a success. Adjusting to a grueling league that had 13 NCAA Tournament teams, the Sooners went 16-17 against SEC competition.

OU held its own against programs that would seem to have deeper investment from fans and financiers. The Sooners’ average attendance of 2,810 was third-lowest in the SEC this season. The renovation plan for L. Dale Mitchell Pa