Guard Willie Warren makes a move to the basket during the Dec. 13, 2008 game against Utah. Zach Butler/The Daily

The 17th-ranked OU men’s basketball team will play its first and only exhibition game of the season when they face off against the University of British Columbia at 7 p.m. Tuesday night at the Lloyd Noble Center.

The preseason exhibition will be the public’s first look at the newest Sooners, which include two McDonald’s All-Americans in freshman forward Tiny Gallon and freshman guard Tommy Mason-Griffin.

Tuesday’s game will also be the first game for the Sooners against outside competition since the team’s loss in the South Regional final of the NCAA tournament against the eventual national champion, North Carolina Tar Heels.

OU’s projected starting line-up includes three new starters, with senior center Ryan Wright joining the two high school All-Americans.

The Sooners also will be introducing two more ESPN top-100 freshmen, guard Steven Pledger and forward Andrew Fitzgerald.

Two freshmen from Oklahoma City, forward Kyle Hardrick and guard Ryan Randolph, round out the incoming freshman class.

Returning starters for the Sooners are senior guard Tony Crocker and sophomore guard Willie Warren.

Warren was named a preseason first team All-American, after a freshman season during which he earned Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors.

The Sooners are projected by Big 12 coaches to finish third in the conference.

This year’s Sooner squad comes into the 2009-2010 season ranked No. 16 in the ESPN/USA Today poll and No. 17 in the AP poll.

Over the past 21 years, OU has a combined exhibition record of 41-2, with two exhibition wins last season against Cameron and Panhandle St.

OU last faced British Columbia two years ago in Vancouver, Canada, in what was former Sooner and current NBA rookie Blake Griffin’s first game in a Sooner basketball uniform.

The Sooners defeated British Columbia 81-62 in that game.

OU is scheduled to begin regular season play on Nov. 14 in Norman against Mount St. Mary.