2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

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2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Oklahoma State University system logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record37–16 (19–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Walton (12th season)
  • Mark Ginther (1st season)
  • Victor Romero (1st season)
Home stadium O'Brate Stadium
Seasons
←  2023
2025  →
2024 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oklahoma  ‍†‍‍y23–7 .76737–19 .661
No. 16 Oklahoma State  ‍‍‡‍y19–9 .67940–17 .702
Texas  ‍‍‍y20–10 .66735–22 .614
West Virginia  ‍‍‍y19–11 .63333–22 .600
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍17–13 .56732–25 .561
Kansas State  ‍‍‍y15–15 .50032–24 .571
Kansas  ‍‍‍15–15 .50031–23 .574
UCF  ‍‍‍y14–15 .48335–19 .648
TCU  ‍‍‍14–16 .46733–21 .611
Texas Tech  ‍‍‍12–17 .41433–26 .559
Baylor  ‍‍‍10–20 .33322–31 .415
Houston  ‍‍‍7–21 .25026–28 .481
BYU  ‍‍‍7–23 .23321–31 .404
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 25, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1baseball

The 2024 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2024 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 twelfth season at Oklahoma State.

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Background

The 2023 Oklahoma State baseball team finished the season with a 41–18 overall record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12 Conference. The won the Big 12 regular season for the first time since 2014. [2] The Pokes went 4–2 in the 2023 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, but earned an at-large berth into the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. There, the Pokes were seeded 11th overall and hosted the Stillwater Regional. [3] In the tournament, Oklahoma went 0–2 being eliminated by No. 18 Dallas Baptist. [4]

Preseason

Big 12 media poll

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1TCU143 (11)
2Texas131 (2)
3Oklahoma State119
4Texas Tech107
5Kansas State98
T–6Oklahoma85
T–6West Virginia85
8Kansas67
9Houston56
10UCF45
11Baylor36
T–12BYU21
T–12Cincinnati21

Source: [5]

Offseason

2023 MLB Draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionMLB Team
389 Juaron Watts-Brown RHP Toronto Blue Jays
391 Nolan McLean 3B New York Mets
4129 Roc Riggio 2B New York Yankees
5138Marcus BrownSS Washington Nationals
10312Brian HendryRHPNew York Yankees
16478Isaac StebensLHP Boston Red Sox

Schedule and results

2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log (42-19)
Regular season (36–16)
March (14–6)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordB12 Record
March 1 Central Michigan* O'Brate Stadium
Stillwater, OK 		W 7–4O'Toole (1–0)Miller (0–2)Davis (1) B12N 4,3635–4—
March 2Central Michigan*O'Brate StadiumW 8–1Holiday (1–0)Batka (0–2)NoneB12N5,2046–4—
March 3Central Michigan*O'Brate StadiumW 19–0Keisel (2–1)Mrakitsch (1–2)NoneB12N4,7657–4—
March 5 Utah Tech*O'Brate StadiumL 8–9Vasiliou (1–2)Weber (1–1)Hardman (1)B12N3,8757–5—
March 6Utah Tech*O'Brate StadiumW 12–27Hudgens (1–0)Marshall (0–1)NoneB12N3,9028–5—
March 8 Mercer*O'Brate StadiumW 4–2Garcia (2–1)Cosper (1–1)Davis (2)B12N5,1399–5—
March 9Mercer*O'Brate StadiumL 1–4Yntema (2–1)Holiday (1–1)Olson (5)B12N5,1399–6—
March 10Mercer*O'Brate StadiumW 4–3Blake (1–0)O'Neal (0–2)Benge (1)B12N4,22810–6—
March 12at Oklahoma* Mitchell Park
Norman, OK 		W 14–5Davis (1–0)Carsten (0–1)NoneESPN+4,17711–6—
March 15at UCF Euliano Park
Orlando, FL 		L 2–13Vespi (2–0)Garcia (2–2)NoneB12N2,25611–70–1
March 16at UCFEuliano ParkL 3–4Centala (2–0)Davis (1–1)NoneB12N2,18911–80–2
March 17at UCFEuliano ParkW 16-10Molsky (2-0)Boxrucker (1-1)NoneB12N1,74912-81-2
March 19 Missouri State*O'Brate StadiumW 13-4Blake (2-0)Beaver (0-2)NoneB12N4,49913-8—
March 22 TCU O'Brate StadiumL 0-1Tolle (2-1)Garcia (2-3)NoneB12N4,97913-91-3
March 23TCUO'Brate StadiumW 6-2Holiday (2-1)Klecker (0-2)NoneB12N5,30914-92-3
March 24TCUO'Brate StadiumW 6-3Molshy (3-0)Sloan (3-2)NoneB12N4,18415-93-3
March 26at Wichita State* Eck Stadium
Wichita, KS 		W 3-0Ure (1-0)Dobbs (4-2)Cranz (1)ESPN+84416-9—
March 29at West Virginia Monongalia County Ballpark
Morgantown, WV 		W 2-1Garcia (3-3)Major (3-2)Benge (2)B12N3,08817-94-3
March 30at West VirginiaMonongalia County BallparkW 10-111Molsky (4-0)Hagaman (1-3)NoneB12N2,77818-95-3
March 31at West VirginiaMonongalia County BallparkL 10-15Yehl (1-0)Davis (1-2)Estridge (1)B12N2,54718-105-4
Postseason (6–3)
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.
[6]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches' [7] RVRV*RV
Baseball America [8] 21——
NCBWA† [9] 29RVRV
D1Baseball [10] ———
Perfect Game [11] 22——

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

References

  1. ↑ "2024 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ "OSU, UT and WVU Share Big 12 Baseball Regular Season Title, Championship Seeds Announced". Big 12 Conference . big12sports.com. May 20, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  3. ↑ Fitt, Aaron (May 30, 2023). "Sixteen regional sites selected for 2023 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship". NCAA.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  4. ↑ Bush, Braeden (June 3, 2023). "Oklahoma State baseball season ends in rout to Dallas Baptist in NCAA Stillwater Regional". The Oklahoman . Gannett . Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  5. ↑ "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll". Big 12 Conference . January 25, 2024. Retrieved March 1, 2024.
  6. ↑ "2023 Baseball Schedule". okstate.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Baseball Coaches Poll". USA Today . Gannett . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  8. ↑ Flaherty, Peter; Cahill, Teddy (February 26, 2024). "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". Baseball America . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  9. ↑ "NCBWA Division I Poll". National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association . Dallas . Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  10. ↑ "D1Baseball.com Top 25". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
  11. ↑ "NCAA Division I - Top 25 Rankings". Perfect Game USA. February 26, 2024. Retrieved March 2, 2024.
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