It might be a long season for Porter Moser in Norman.

East Texas A&M stunned Oklahoma on Monday night to kick off the 2026-27 campaign. The Lions, who controlled most of the game, held on to grab a wild 68-64 upset win over the Sooners. It marked their first-ever win over a power conference program in history.

The Sooners closed as 28.5-point favorites, too. The upset, accordingto ESPN, is the second-largest in Division I in the past three decades. Eastern Illinois holds the record there after it beat Iowa as a 30.5-point underdog in 2022.

East Texas A&M goes into Norman, collects a big paycheck from Oklahoma and also wins their first ever game against a power conference team.
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"The only thing I know what to do is apologize to the fan base, and to get better," Moser said, via The Oklahoman's Colton Sulley. "I apologize to every single person that came in. The things you do in a game like this in basketball that gets you beat, we did … Not good enough, and that's on me."

Oklahoma managed only 25 points in the first half, and hit just a single field goal in the final four minutes of the opening frame. The Lions, meanwhile, jumped up by 16 points after Mohamed Diakite and Alonzo Dodd drilled back-to-back 3-pointers out of the break.

Though the Sooners came back down the stretch, and Pop Isaacs cut it to a two-possession game with 25 seconds left after an and-one layup, that was as close as they got. Tyler Hendricks missed a 3-point look of his own that would have put them in the lead, and then Bo Aldrich sealed the win with a pair of free throws in the final seconds for the Lions.

Aldrich led the way with 22 points after he went 8-of-12 from the field. The Lions went 11-of-27 from the 3-point line, too, compared to the just 5-of-20 that Oklahoma did from distance. Isaacs led the Sooners with 15 points, and Derrion Reid added 14 points. They were the only two Oklahoma players to hit double figures.

The Lions are only in their sixth season of existence this fall. They've never had a winning record, and went just 13-20 in each of the past two seasons. They were selected to finish last in the Southland preseason poll, too.

Moser, on the other hand, might be in trouble in Norman. He is in his sixth season leading the Sooners this fall. While he has had some impressive moments in his career, including leading Loyola Chicago to the Final Four in 2018, he entered this season with just a 95-75 record at Oklahoma. They've never won an NCAA tournament game under his watch, have been to the tournament only once and have finished in the bottom of the SEC standings in their two seasons in that league.

Moser has just one year left on his contract with the Sooners after the 2026-27 season. Oklahoma has a new athletic director, Roger Denny, running the show now, too. If Moser can't turn things around quickly and lead the Sooners to the tournament after Monday's opening loss, it wouldn't be surprising to see Denny making a change this spring.

Source: Yahoo Sports