Basketball – both collegiate and professional – rules the January calendar. TU plays at home, Tulsa’s Reynolds Center, throughout the month, with games on Jan. 1, 11, 21, 26 and 29 for men and Jan. 4, 8, 15 and 25 for women. The Sooners have games at Norman’s Lloyd Noble Center on Jan. 2, 12, 16 and 26 for women and Jan. 8, 15 and 18 for men. Lastly, the Cowgirls play at the Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater on Jan. 4, 11, 22 and 29; Cowboys play Jan. 7, 18 and 21. Professional basketball remains a hot ticket item at OKC’s Paycom Center, with OKC Thunder games Jan. 2-3, 5, 16, 19 and 22-23, and OKC Blue games Jan. 2, 4, 13, 14, 27 and 30.
In Tulsa, sporting enthusiasts won’t want to miss the All-Star Team Roping finals, Jan. 4-5 at Expo Square. Stick around the venue for the Chili Bowl – one of the nation’s biggest motorsports events – on Jan. 8-18. You can also venture over to the BOK Center for Tulsa Oilers’ hockey matches Jan. 10-12, 14, 17-19 and 31, as well as the Professional Bullriders Jan. 24-25. In OKC, don’t miss the ESPN Gymnastics Invitational, Jan. 10-11 at the Paycom Center, as well as the Time Travel Half-Marathon, Jan. 26 starting at 1120 S. Western Ave.
Other events include the Claremore’s Championship Rodeo, Jan. 4 at the Claremore Expo Center, as well the International Finals Rodeo, Jan. 16-19, and the Kicker AMA Arenacross and Freestyle Motocross Show, Jan. 24, both at Guthrie’s Lazy E Arena.
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