Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
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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 more national titles and advanced to the NCAA Championship, Final Four, Elite Eight and Sweet Sixteen more times than any Big 12 program other than Kansas. Oklahoma State has won a combined 23 regular season conference titles and conference tournament titles, which is the most of any program in the state of Oklahoma.
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 |
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]