NCAA Tournament March Madness
#68 Oklahoma St
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Projection: likely out
Oklahoma State’s profile reads like a borderline tournament resume because its best moments — a neutral-site win over Northwestern, a statement nonconference victory over Texas A&M and a home win over BYU — are diluted by several damaging road setbacks at Arizona, Cincinnati and Texas Tech and repeated losses to Iowa State that highlight real inconsistency. The offense can produce in spurts but defensive lapses in hostile environments and a string of conference defeats to Kansas, Baylor and TCU have left little room for error, and with relatively few signature wins away from home the upcoming matchup with Houston represents the clearest chance to add the kind of high-profile result that would meaningfully change how a committee views this team.
| Date | Opponent | Ranking | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/4 | Oral Roberts | 308 | W95-71 |
| 11/9 | Texas A&M | 37 | W87-63 |
| 11/12 | Prairie View | 312 | W94-67 |
| 11/16 | TAM C. Christi | 179 | W85-69 |
| 11/19 | South Florida | 54 | W103-95 |
| 11/22 | Nicholls St | 239 | W95-81 |
| 11/27 | (N)Northwestern | 66 | W86-81 |
| 12/2 | Sam Houston St | 105 | W93-83 |
| 12/6 | (N)Grand Canyon | 63 | W84-78 |
| 12/13 | (N)Oklahoma | 47 | L85-76 |
| 12/18 | Missouri KC | 358 | W91-79 |
| 12/21 | CS Fullerton | 170 | W94-89 |
| 12/29 | Bethune-Cookman | 235 | W103-77 |
| 1/3 | @Texas Tech | 14 | L102-80 |
| 1/6 | UCF | 53 | W87-76 |
| 1/10 | @Iowa St | 8 | L83-71 |
| 1/13 | Baylor | 49 | L94-79 |
| 1/17 | Kansas St | 101 | W84-83 |
| 1/20 | @TCU | 45 | L68-65 |
| 1/24 | Iowa St | 8 | L84-71 |
| 1/31 | @Utah | 120 | W81-69 |
| 2/4 | BYU | 24 | W99-92 |
| 2/7 | @Arizona | 3 | L84-47 |
| 2/10 | @Arizona St | 59 | L85-76 |
| 2/14 | TCU | 45 | L95-92 |
| 2/18 | Kansas | 20 | L81-69 |
| 2/21 | @Colorado | 64 | L83-69 |
| 2/24 | West Virginia | 56 | W91-84 |
| 2/28 | @Cincinnati | 42 | L91-68 |
| 3/3 | @UCF | 53 | W111-104 |
| 3/7 | Houston | 6 | 16% |