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New OSU OC likes what he sees

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One of the big questions for the Oklahoma State football team this spring is how the offense will react to the new offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson. OSU has been consistently good on offense lately and Gleeson comes from Princeton where he ramrodded one of the most prolific offenses in the nation. Princeton was undefeated in…

No. 1 seed Virginia locks down Oklahoma in NCAAs

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In a defensive struggle, Oklahoma came up short against No. 1 seeded Virginia Sunday and lost 51-63. The loss eliminated the Sooners from a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. It also left the Big 12 Conference with only one team – the Texas Tech Red Raiders – in th NCAA Tournament. The Sooners overachieved this…

It’s OU vs. Ole Miss; Texas Tech, ISU, Houston play in Tulsa

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Even match between OU and Miss. No. 9 seed Oklahoma and No. 8 seed Mississippi seem evenly matched for their first-round game in the NCAA Tournament Friday. OU plays Ole Miss at 11:40 a.m. Friday in Columbia, South Carolina, in a game televised by truTV. Whoever wins the Friday game will face the winner of…

Thursday practices open to the public

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On Thursday, fans will be let in the BOK Arena to watch open practices of the invited teams. The first practice begins at 11 a.m. and the final team practice concludes at 6:20 p.m. Each of the eight teams will have a 40-minute practice. The arena gates will open at 10 a.m. and there is…

OSU falls to TCU in Big 12 Tourney

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The Oklahoma State men’s basketball team lost to TCU in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament, 73-70, in Kansas City. Yor Anei got his first career double-double, scoring 17 points and collecting 10 rebounds. He added seven blocks, a mark that is the most by a Cowboy in a Big 12 tournament game….

SMU beats TU in AAC Tournament

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Jeriah Horne scored 19 points to lead a second-half Tulsa comeback, but SMU held on for a 74-65 win on Thursday night in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship in Memphis. Horne went 8-of-18 from the field and hit three 3-pointers for the Golden Hurricane (18-14), while senior DaQuan Jeffries added 15…

Road trip to Sioux Falls, S.D. is fun

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Some years when I go to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the Summit League Basketball Tournament, it’s snowing with temperatures in the teens, and some years, the weather is a bit more tolerable. This year, it was cold, but not too terrible. That also describes how the Oral Roberts University men’s basketball team played. The…

OU is seeded 7, OSU is seeded 9 in the Big 12 Tournament

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Seventh-seeded Oklahoma, by most accounts will receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament even with an early exit from this week’s Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. Oklahoma State, on the other, would have to win four games in a row to get the NCAAs this year. No. 9 seeded OSU opened Wednesday night…

NDSU beats ORU in Summit Tourney

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SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota – A disappointing season for the ORU men’s basketball team ended Sunday as ORU (11-21) lost to North Dakota State (16-15), 73-86, in the opening round of the Summit League Championship Tournament. ORU started the game 10-10 from the field and opened up a 13-point lead less than seven minutes into…

Kyler Murray, Justice Hill make headlines at the Combine

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Kyler Murray made a splash without doing much and Justice Hill jumped at the opportunity to shine at last week’s NFL Combine in Indianapolis. Murray is a former Oklahoma quarterback who turned his back on a Major League Baseball contract worth millions to put his name in the NFL Draft. He could go No. 1…