When Porter Moser was hired as Oklahoma’s men’s basketball coach in 2021, East Texas A&M was still playing at the Division II level. Five years later, apparently, East Texas A&M has already surpassed OU, as the Sooners have reached a new low under Moser, who keeps dragging this program down to the pits of college basketball.
The Sooners opened their 2026-27 season on Monday night in the worst way with a 68-64 loss to East Texas A&M, which went 11-21 last year. OU went into the contest as a 28.5-point favorite in what’s considered a “buy game” for the Sooners to pay for an easy win as a warm-up.
Sooners open season with loss to East Texas A&M to start disappointment early
It wasn’t even a fluke loss for the Sooners. East Texas A&M just flat-out dominated what Moser claimed is the best roster he’s had in six seasons at the helm for OU. That best roster is now responsible for what’s not only the most embarrassing loss of the Moser era, but maybe even in OU history.
East Texas A&M led for 78% of the game and by as many as 16 points. OU never led by more than five while spending most of the night trying to catch up.
The Sooners’ best chance at saving face might have been to improve an abysmal 25% shooting performance from three-point range, making five of 20 attempts. The Lions made 11 shots from deep.
Regardless, an off night from beyond the arc or even the Lions catching fire should not be enough for the Sooners to lose to an opponent as inferior as East Texas A&M. A bad day for any SEC team is still better than the Lions’ best day. That's no disrespect to East Texas A&M; that's just trying to frame how embarrassing this loss is for the Sooners compared to what's ahead in what looks to be another miserable season.
Moser just spent another offseason making sure everyone knows how challenging the SEC will be this year before it eats him alive again. But he immediately suffered a Quadrant 4 loss before ever having a Quadrant 1 loss to boast about while begging to get into the NCAA Tournament.
This kind of disappointment from Moser’s teams is usually saved for the turn of the new year, when conference play tips off. His fear of competition and scheduling cupcakes for two months usually fools OU fans into having some hope that maybe he finally figured things out. He has not and never will.
This time, we didn’t even get past Game 1 before realizing Moser would be a letdown again in what should be his final season leading the Sooners.
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