Oklahoma State Cowboys | |||
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University | Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | ||
Head coach | Steve Lutz (1st season) | ||
Conference | Big 12 | ||
Location | Stillwater, Oklahoma | ||
Arena | Gallagher-Iba Arena (capacity: 13,611) | ||
Nickname | Cowboys | ||
Colors | Orange and black [1] | ||
Uniforms | |||
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NCAA tournament champions | |||
1945, 1946 | |||
NCAA tournament runner-up | |||
1949 | |||
NCAA tournament Final Four | |||
1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1995, 2004 | |||
NCAA tournament Elite Eight | |||
1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1995, 2000, 2004 | |||
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | |||
1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2004, 2005 | |||
NCAA tournament round of 32 | |||
1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2021 | |||
NCAA tournament appearances | |||
1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
1983, 1995, 2004, 2005 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1925, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1965, 1991, 2004 |
The Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represents Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. All women's teams at the school are known as Cowgirls. The Cowboys currently compete in the Big 12 Conference.
In 2020, CBS Sports ranked Oklahoma State the 25th best college basketball program of all-time, ahead of such programs as Oklahoma and Texas. [2] Oklahoma State men’s basketball has a very rich history of success, having won back-to-back national championships in 1945 and 1946. The Cowboys also boast 6 Final Fours to go along with 11 Elite Eights and Sweet Sixteens over a total of 29 NCAA tournament appearances. Oklahoma State has also won a combined total of 23 conference titles, with their most recent title coming in the 2005 Big 12 tournament.
Since 1938, the team has played its home games in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Prior to 1957, the school was known as Oklahoma A&M College, and the teams were nicknamed the Aggies.
On March 21, 2016, Brad Underwood was hired as head coach at Oklahoma State, replacing the fired Travis Ford. [3] Just short of one year, on March 18, 2017, Underwood left the program for Illinois. [4] Assistant Mike Boynton was promoted to head coach on March 24. [5] Steve Lutz was hired as the head coach April 1, 2024. [6]
Oklahoma State University (then Oklahoma A&M College) began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1908. The Cowboys (including the predecessor Aggies teams) rank 40th in total victories among all NCAA Division I college basketball programs, with an all-time win–loss record of 1,748–1,249 (.583) at the end of 2023–24 season. [7]
The Cowboys (including the predecessor Aggies teams) have made 29 total appearances in the NCAA tournament (39–28 overall record), reaching the NCAA Final Four six times (1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1995, 2004) and the NCAA regional finals (Elite Eight) eleven times. Oklahoma State (then Oklahoma A&M College) won the NCAA Championship in 1945 and 1946. The Cowboys rank eleventh (tied with six other programs) in all-time Final Four appearances and tenth (tied with five others) in total NCAA Championships. [7]
Under nine head coaches in this period Oklahoma A&M found very little success, with only six winning seasons. Very little success was found early on and after a six-win 15-loss season under first-year coach John Maulbetsch things were not looking well. However, in the next three seasons Maulbetsch turned around the program, leading the Aggies to a 41–20 record culminating with a first-place finish in their last season in the Southwest Conference. The move to the Missouri Valley Conference in 1925 would halt the progress under this budding coach. After Maulbetsch resigned from the positions of football, baseball and basketball coach the Aggies would not have another winning season until Henry Iba took the reins in 1934. [8] However, despite an overall record of 7–9, the Aggies did win the Missouri Valley Conference Co-Championship in 1930-31 under Coach George E. Rody with a conference record of 5–3.
This period in Oklahoma State basketball history was marked with mainly football coaches heading the football, baseball and basketball teams.
Coach | Record | Seasons |
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Boyd Hill | 2–3 | 1 |
William Schrieber | 4–5 | 2 |
Paul Davis | 15–16 | 3 |
John Griffith | 18–12 | 2 |
Earl Pritchard | 11–15 | 2 |
James Pixlee | 3–21 | 2 |
John Maulbetsch | 75–74 | 8 |
George E. Rody | 8–24 | 2 |
Harold James | 13–42 | 3 |
Henry Iba came to Oklahoma A&M College in 1934 and remained for 36 years. He retired after the 1969–70 season. For most of his tenure at A&M/OSU, he doubled as athletic director.
Iba's teams were methodical, ball-controlling units that featured weaving patterns and low scoring games. Iba's "swinging gate" defense (a man-to-man with team flow) was applauded by many, and is still effective in today's game. He was known as "the Iron Duke of Defense".
Iba's Aggies became the first to win consecutive NCAA titles (1945 and 1946). His 1945–46 NCAA champions were led by Bob Kurland, the game's first seven-foot player. In 1944, Kurland became the first basketball player to dunk in a game and was the first player to do it regularly. [9] They beat NYU in the 1945 finals and North Carolina in the 1946 finals. He was voted coach of the year in both seasons. His 1945 champions also defeated National Invitation Tournament champion, DePaul, and 6' 9" center George Mikan in a classic Red Cross Benefit game. Iba's 1949 and 1951 teams also reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament.
Oklahoma A&M/Oklahoma State teams won 655 games, 14 Missouri Valley Championships, and one Big Eight Championship, in 36 seasons with Iba as head men's basketball coach.
"Mr. Iba," as he is still popularly known at OSU, remained a fixture on campus until his death in 1993, often giving advice to players during practice. One seat in the southeast concourse level of Gallagher-Iba Arena (which was renamed in his honor in 1987) remains unused in his honor. [8]
The mostly subpar results of Iba's final decade in Stillwater largely remained the status quo for Oklahoma State during the two decades following his retirement. From the 1970–71 to 1989–90 seasons, the Cowboys finished with winning records only six times, finished in the top half of the Big Eight Conference standings only three times, and earned a berth in the NCAA tournament only once. [8]
After being an assistant for the Cowboys in 1958–59, Eddie Sutton returned to Oklahoma State in 1990 to coach. In the years leading up to his hiring, the team had made postseason play only three times since joining the Big Eight Conference in 1957.
The Pokes began to turn around almost immediately with Sutton's presence, and in 1991, Oklahoma State returned to the NCAA Tournament, winning their first NCAA Tournament game since making the Elite Eight in 1965. Sutton’s Cowboys advanced all the way to the Sweet Sixteen during his first two seasons. In 1995, the Pokes, under the leadership of Bryant "Big Country" Reeves and Randy Rutherford, captured the Big Eight Conference Tournament and won a bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They advanced to the Final Four in Seattle, Washington, where they lost to eventual champion UCLA. It was the Cowboys' deepest advance in the tournament since 1951.
Led by John Lucas III, Joey Graham, and 2004 Big 12 Player of the Year Tony Allen, Sutton's 2003–04 team finished with a school-record 31 wins (31–4), won both the Big 12 regular season and tournament championships, and advanced to the Final Four as a No. 2 seed in the 2004 NCAA tournament. The Cowboys finished the season ranked No. 4 in the final AP poll and Coaches' Poll.
In his 16 seasons in Stillwater, the Cowboys reached the postseason 15 times (having declined an NIT bid in Sutton's sixth season as head coach), including 13 NCAA Tournament bids and two Final Four appearances. They also captured three regular-season conference titles and three conference tournament championships. Sutton finished his career at OSU as the second-winningest coach in school history, behind only his mentor, Iba. [8]
On January 27, 2001, one of three planes carrying Oklahoma State staff and players crashed in a snow storm near Byers, Colorado, killing all 10 on board. The plane was on its way back from a loss against the University of Colorado. Those killed included Nate Fleming, a redshirt freshman guard; Dan Lawson, a junior guard; Bill Teegins, radio sportscaster of OSU basketball and sports anchor on CBS affiliate KWTV-9 in Oklahoma City; Kendall Durfey, television and radio engineer; Will Hancock, media relations coordinator; Pat Noyes, director of basketball operations; Brian Luinstra, athletic trainer; Jared Weiberg, student assistant; Denver Mills, pilot; and Bjorn Falistrom, co-pilot.
Since 2007, Oklahoma State has honored these ten during an annual 5k and 10K race called the Remember the Ten Run. [10]
Eddie Sutton's son, Sean Sutton, also a former Cowboy player, took over head coaching duties in 2006. Following a record of 39–29 during his first two seasons, Sutton resigned under pressure after a March 31, 2008, meeting with Athletic Director Mike Holder. [11]
On April 16, 2008, Travis Ford was hired as the 18th men's basketball head coach at Oklahoma State. He resigned from the same position with the UMass Minutemen to take the position. At the time of his hiring, he had a Division I coaching record of 123–115. Ford also coached at Eastern Kentucky and Campbellsville University (NAIA). As a player, he was coached by Norm Stewart at the University of Missouri as a freshman. He transferred after his freshman season and played for three years (1992–94) at the University of Kentucky under Rick Pitino. [8] [12] [13]
Ford was fired on March 18, 2016 after a season in which the Cowboys went 3–15 in Big 12 play and 12–20 overall. [14] Although he led the Cowboys to five NCAA tournaments in his eight seasons in charge, he never finished higher than third in conference play, and finished sixth or worse in the Big 12 seven times. [15]
Three days after Ford's firing, Oklahoma State hired Brad Underwood from Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA). He began his coaching career at Kansas State, first serving as director of basketball operations for a season and then serving as an assistant for five more. Underwood then went to South Carolina as an assistant for a season before being hired to his first head coaching post at SFA. During his three seasons in charge, the Lumberjacks went 89–14 overall and 53–1 in Southland Conference regular-season play, making the NCAA tournament all three seasons and advancing to the second round twice. Underwood's 89 wins tie him with Brad Stevens for the most wins by a men's basketball head coach in his first three seasons at an NCAA school. He is also the first coach to be named Southland Conference Coach of the Year three consecutive times. [16] On March 18, 2017 Brad Underwood was hired at Illinois. [17] During the 2016-17 season, Associate head coach Lamont Evans was engaged in bribery scheme that came to light in 2017. [18] [19] Evans was sentenced to three months in prison in June 2019 for his participation in the scheme, which he also conducted at the University of South Carolina. [20] In June 2020 press release, the NCAA announced a postseason ban for 2020–21. [21] [22]
The school promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. to head coach on March 24, 2017. [23] He was fired on March 14, 2024, after a 13th place conference finish and first round exit from the Big 12 Tournament. Boynton finished with a 119-109 (.522) record, including 51-75 (.405) in conference play.
Steve Lutz was announced as the head coach on April 1, 2024.
The Cowboys have appeared in the NCAA tournament 29 times. Their combined record is 39–28. They won the tournament in 1945 and 1946.
Year | Seed | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1945 | Elite Eight Final Four National Championship | Utah Arkansas NYU | W 62–37 W 68–41 W 49–45 | |
1946 | Elite Eight Final Four National Championship | Baylor California North Carolina | W 44–29 W 52–35 W 43–40 | |
1949 | Elite Eight Final Four National Championship | Wyoming Oregon State Kentucky | W 40–39 W 55–30 L 36–46 | |
1951 | Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game | Montana State Washington Kansas State Illinois | W 50–46 W 61–57 L 44–68 L 46–61 | |
1953 | Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | TCU Kansas | W 71–54 L 55–61 | |
1954 | Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | Rice Bradley | W 51–45 L 57–71 | |
1958 | First Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | Loyola (LA) Arkansas Kansas State | W 59–42 W 65–40 L 57–69 | |
1965 | Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | Houston Wichita State | W 75–60 L 46–54 | |
1983 | #5 | First Round | #12 Princeton | L 53–56 |
1991 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #14 New Mexico #6 NC State #10 Temple | W 67–64 W 73–64 L 63–72OT |
1992 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #15 Georgia Southern #10 Tulane #6 Michigan | W 100–73 W 87–71 L 72–75 |
1993 | #5 | First Round Second Round | #12 Marquette #4 Louisville | W 74–62 L 63–78 |
1994 | #4 | First Round Second Round | #13 New Mexico State #12 Tulsa | W 65–55 L 80–82 |
1995 | #4 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #13 Drexel #5 Alabama #1 Wake Forest #2 Massachusetts #1 UCLA | W 73–49 W 66–52 W 71–66 W 68–54 L 61–74 |
1998 | #8 | First Round Second Round | #9 George Washington #1 Duke | W 74–59 L 73–79 |
1999 | #9 | First Round Second Round | #8 Syracuse #1 Auburn | W 69–61 L 74–81 |
2000 | #3 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight | #14 Hofstra #11 Pepperdine #10 Seton Hall #5 Florida | W 86–66 W 75–67 W 68–66 L 65–77 |
2001 | #11 | First Round | #6 USC | L 54–69 |
2002 | #7 | First Round | #10 Kent State | L 61–69 |
2003 | #6 | First Round Second Round | #11 Penn #3 Syracuse | W 77–63 L 56–68 |
2004 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four | #15 Eastern Washington #7 Memphis #3 Pittsburgh #1 Saint Joseph's #3 Georgia Tech | W 75–56 W 70–53 W 63–51 W 64–62 L 65–67 |
2005 | #2 | First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen | #15 Southeastern Louisiana #7 Southern Illinois #3 Arizona | W 63–50 W 85–77 L 78–79 |
2009 | #8 | First Round Second Round | #9 Tennessee #1 Pittsburgh | W 77–75 L 76–84 |
2010 | #7 | First Round | #10 Georgia Tech | L 59–64 |
2013 | #5 | First Round | #12 Oregon | L 55–68 |
2014 | #9 | First Round | #8 Gonzaga | L 77–85 |
2015 | #9 | First Round | #8 Oregon | L 73–79 |
2017 | #10 | First Round | #7 Michigan | L 91–92 |
2021 | #4 | First Round Second Round | #13 Liberty #12 Oregon State | W 69–60 L 70–80 |
The Cowboys have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) 13 times. Their combined record is 11–14.
Year | Round | Opponent | Result |
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1938 | Semifinals 3rd Place Game | Temple NYU | L 55–56 W 37–24 |
1940 | Semifinals 3rd Place Game | Duquesne DePaul | L 30–34 W 23–22 |
1944 | Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd Place Game | Canisius DePaul Kentucky | W 43–29 L 38–41 L 29–45 |
1956 | First Round | Duquesne | L 61–69 |
1989 | First Round Second Round | Boise State St. John's | W 69–55 L 64–76 |
1990 | First Round Second Round | Tulsa New Mexico | W 83–74 L 88–90 |
1997 | First Round Second Round | Tulane Michigan | W 79–72 L 65–75 |
2006 | First Round | Miami (FL) | L 59–62 |
2007 | First Round | Marist | L 64–67 |
2008 | First Round | Southern Illinois | L 53–69 |
2011 | First Round Second Round | Harvard Washington State | W 71–54 L 64–74 |
2018 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | Florida Gulf Coast Stanford Western Kentucky | W 80–68 W 71–65 L 84–92 |
2023 | First Round Second Round Quarterfinals | Youngstown State Eastern Washington North Texas | W 69–64 W 71–60 L 59–65OT |
Gallagher-Iba Arena, once dubbed “Madison Square Garden of the Plains”, [24] is the basketball and wrestling venue at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Originally completed in 1938 and named the 4-H Club and Student Activities Building, it was soon renamed Gallagher Hall to honor wrestling coach, Ed Gallagher. After renovations in 1987, the name became Gallagher-Iba Arena, as a tribute to longtime basketball coach and innovator, Henry Iba. Gallagher-Iba Arena was named the best college gymnasium by CBS SportsLine.com in August 2001. [25]
The first basketball game was played on December 9, 1938, when Iba's Oklahoma A&M Aggies beat Phog Allen’s Kansas Jayhawks, 21–15, in a battle between two of the nation's early basketball powers. In its original configuration, seating was limited to 6,381. Though small by today's standards, it was the largest collegiate facility in the country when completed. [26] The original maple floor, still in use today, was the most expensive of its kind in America when it was installed in 1938. [27]
Oklahoma State completed a $55 million expansion of Gallagher-Iba Arena prior to the 1999–2000 Cowboy basketball season. Rather than build a new, off-campus arena to accommodate the need for additional seating, the decision was made to expand Gallagher-Iba Arena itself to more than double its original capacity (from its 6,381-seat capacity to its current 13,611 seats). The old sightlines and the original white maple floor were kept (it remains the oldest original basketball court floor still in use).
On January 15, 2005, the court was officially named after Eddie Sutton as Eddie Sutton Court. [28]
Five members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame have been associated with the Oklahoma State's men's basketball team. Some former players have been enshrined as players, while some former players have been enshrined as coaches.
Four former Oklahoma State players/coaches that have been enshrined in the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.
Edward Eugene Sutton was an American college basketball coach. A native of Bucklin, Kansas, Sutton played college basketball at Oklahoma A&M and was a head coach at the high school, junior college, and college levels spanning six decades.
Gallagher-Iba Arena, also known as "The Rowdiest Arena in the Country" and "The Madison Square Garden of the Plains”, is the basketball and wrestling venue at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. Originally completed in 1938 and named the 4-H Club and Student Activities Building, it was soon renamed Gallagher Hall to honor wrestling coach Ed Gallagher. After renovations in 1987, the name became Gallagher-Iba Arena, as a tribute to longtime basketball coach and innovator Henry Iba.
Henry Payne “Hank” Iba was an American basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He served as the head basketball coach at Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College, now known as Northwest Missouri State University, from 1929 to 1933; the University of Colorado Boulder from 1933 to 1934; and the Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, known as Oklahoma A&M prior to 1957, from 1934 to 1970, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 751–340. He led Oklahoma A&M to consecutive NCAA basketball tournament titles, in 1945 and 1946.
The Bedlam Series is the name given to the Oklahoma–Oklahoma State rivalry. It refers to the athletics rivalry between the Oklahoma State University Cowboys and Cowgirls of the Big 12 Conference and the University of Oklahoma Sooners of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Both schools were also members of the Big Eight Conference before the formation of the Big 12 Conference in 1996, and both were divisional rivals in the Big 12 South Division prior to 2011. Since Bedlam began in 1900, 40 years of the rivalry's games were played without the teams playing in the same conference. The rivalry concluded as an annual conference matchup for football following the 2023–24 NCAA Division I FBS season, after which Oklahoma joined the SEC; while scheduling issues preclude the resumption of the Bedlam Series for football until the 2031 season, the Series will continue for basketball as a non-conference game for the 2024–25 season.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Cowgirls are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University, located in Stillwater. The program's mascot is a cowboy named Pistol Pete. Oklahoma State participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the Big 12 Conference. The university's current athletic director is Chad Weiberg, who replaced the retiring Mike Holder on July 1, 2021. Oklahoma State has won 55 national championships, including 53 NCAA team national titles, which ranks sixth in most NCAA team national championships. These national titles have come in wrestling (34), golf (11), cross country (5), basketball (2), and baseball (1), and the Cowboys also claim non-NCAA national titles in football (1) and equestrian (1). In addition, Oklahoma State athletes have won 183 individual national titles.
The Oklahoma State Cowboys wrestling team is the most successful NCAA Division I athletic program of all time in any sport. As of 2023-24, Oklahoma State wrestling has won 34 team national championships, 143 individual NCAA championships, and 488 All-American honors. The all-time dual record for the program is 1185-140-23.
The Oklahoma State Cowgirls basketball team represents Oklahoma State University–Stillwater and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I. The team's head coach is Jacie Hoyt, who was hired in March 2022. The Cowgirls play their home games in the Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The 2015–16 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was head coach Travis Ford's eighth and final season at Oklahoma State. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena. They finished the season 12–20, 3–15 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Big 12 tournament to Kansas State.
The 2016–17 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-head coach Brad Underwood. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 20–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost to Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region where they lost to Michigan in the first round.
The 2017–18 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-head coach Mike Boynton Jr. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 21–15, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in a four-way tie for sixth place. They defeated Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Kansas. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Florida Gulf Coast and Stanford before losing in the quarterfinals to Western Kentucky.
The 2018–19 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-head coach Mike Boynton Jr. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The 2019–20 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by third-head coach Mike Boynton Jr. The Cowboys were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
The 1990–91 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by head coach Eddie Sutton and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys finished with a record of 24–8 and won the Big Eight regular season title.
The 1991–92 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by second-year head coach Eddie Sutton and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys won their first 20 games and rose to the No. 2 ranking in both major polls. They finished with a record of 28–8 and tied for second in Big Eight regular season play.
The 2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Mike Boynton, and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 21-9, 11-7 in Big 12 Play to finish in 5th place. They defeated West Virginia and Baylor to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Liberty in the First Round before getting upset in the Second Round by Oregon State.
The 1999–2000 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 1999–2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by 10th-year head coach Eddie Sutton and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 27–7, 12–4 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. The Cowboys lost to Iowa State in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. Oklahoma State reached the Elite Eight after wins over Hofstra, Pepperdine, and Seton Hall, but lost in the regional final to Florida.
The 2004–05 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big 12 Conference during the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 15th-year head coach Eddie Sutton and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys followed the previous season’s Final Four appearance by finishing with a record of 27–6 and a No. 8 final ranking in each of the two major polls.
The 1992–93 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1992–93 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Eddie Sutton and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys finished with a record of 20–9 and tied for second in Big Eight regular season play.
The 2021–22 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2021–22 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Mike Boynton, and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
The 2022–23 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Mike Boynton, and played its home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Texas. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Youngstown State and Eastern Washington before losing in overtime in the quarterfinals to North Texas.