2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

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2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Oklahoma State University system logo.svg
Big 12 Regular season champions
Conference Big 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
CB No. 14
Record41–18 (15–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Walton (11th season)
  • Robin Ventura (1st season)
  • Justin Seely (6th season)
Home stadium O'Brate Stadium
Seasons
  2022
2024 
2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 14 Texas  y159 .6254222 .656
Oklahoma State  y159 .6254120 .672
West Virginia  y159 .6254020 .667
No. 5 TCU  y1311 .5424424 .647
Kansas State  1311 .5423524 .593
Texas Tech  y1212 .5004123 .641
Oklahoma  y1113 .4583228 .533
Kansas  816 .3332532 .439
Baylor  618 .2502035 .364
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at O'Brate Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his eleventh season at Oklahoma State.

Contents

Previous season

The 2022 team finished the season with a 42–22 record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12. In the 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the fourth-seeded Cowboys made a run to the semifinals where they fell to fifth-seeded Texas in Game 7, 2–9. They earned an at-large bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were seeded seventh overall and the top seed in the Stillwater Regional. There, the Cowboys were eliminated by second-seeded Arkansas.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

AwardPlayerPositionYearSource
Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the YearJuaron Watts-Brown RHP Sophomore [2]
Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the YearJuaron Watts-BrownRHPSophomore [2]
Golden Spikes Award watchlistNolan McLean U Junior [3]
Juaron Watts-BrownRHPSophomore [3]

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1TCU61 (5)
2Oklahoma State59 (4)
3Texas Tech48
4Texas43
5Oklahoma38
6West Virginia28
7Kansas State17
8Kansas16
9Baylor14

Source: [4]

Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

Preseason All-Big 12 Team [2]
PlayerNo.PositionClass
Marcus Brown19 INF Junior
Nolan McLean13UJunior
Roc Riggio 7INFSophomore
Juaron Watts-Brown23RHPSophomore

Preseason All-Americans

Second Team All-Americans
PlayerNo.PositionClassSelector(s)
Nolan McLean13UJunior Collegiate Baseball
D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown23SPSophomore Baseball America
D1Baseball
Third Team All-Americans
PlayerNo.PositionClassSelector(s)
Nolan McLean13UJuniorBaseball America
NCBWA
Roc Riggio 7INFSophomoreBaseball America
D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown23SPSophomoreNCBWA

Sources: [5] [6] [7] [8]

Schedule and results

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log
Regular season (37–16)
Postseason (4–4)
Big 12 Tournament (4–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordB12T Record
May 24vs. (7) Oklahoma(2) No. 18Globe Life FieldL 5–9James Hitt (6–1)Carson Benge (2–2)Carter Campbell (2)B12N/ESPN+7,40637–170–1
May 25vs. (3) No. 21 West Virginia(2) No. 18Globe Life FieldW 3–2Juaron Watts-Brown (6–4)Carlson Reed (2–1)B12N/ESPN+6,32538–171–1
May 26vs. (7) Oklahoma(2) No. 18Globe Life FieldW 8–3Ben Abram (8–2)Will Carsten (1–3)B12N/ESPN+10,74539–172–1
May 27vs. (6) Texas Tech(2) No. 18Globe Life FieldW 8–1Brennan Phillips (2–1)Zane Petty (3–1)Bayden Root (1)B12N/ESPN+40–173–1
May 27vs. (6) Texas Tech(2) No. 18Globe Life FieldW 6–5Gabe Davis (1–2)Brandon Beckel (5–2)B12N/ESPN+13,53241–174–1
May 28vs. (4) TCU(2) No. 18Globe Life FieldL 5–12Luke Savage (3–3)Ben Abram (8–3) ESPN2 14,67341–184–2
Stillwater Regional (0–2)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordNCAAT record
June 2(4) Oral Roberts(1) No. 16O'Brate StadiumL 4–6Caleb Isaacs (7–0)Nolan McLean (1–2)Cade Denton (13)ESPN+5,42341–190–1
June 3(2) No. 18 Dallas Baptist (1) No. 16O'Brate StadiumL 4–18Zach Heaton (5–1)Juaron Watts-Brown (6–5)ESPN25,03341–200–2
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled
Bold = Oklahoma State team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
[9]

Statistics

Team batting

As of March 24, 2023 [10]
TeamABAvg.H2B3BHRRBIBBSOSB
Oklahoma State738.3102295544016710720120
Opponents704.24617332521100822247

Team pitching

TeamIPHRERBBSOSVERA
Oklahoma State0.00000000.00
Opponents0.00000000.00

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [11] 88*13141315131316
Baseball America [12] 152121181720171114
Collegiate Baseball^ [13] 121623241819141218
NCBWA [14] 141918151316131517
D1Baseball [15] 91512131220171618

^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Part of a doubleheader.
  2. Non-conference game.

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