NCAA Tournament March Madness

#67 Oklahoma St

Bubble Watch | Bracketology

Chat with the Bracketologist | How does this work?


Projection: likely out

Oklahoma State looks like a team on the wrong side of the bubble because its best moments — neutral wins over Northwestern and Grand Canyon and a solid nonconference victory over Texas A&M — are overwhelmed by damaging road defeats at Texas Tech and Iowa State and a revealing loss to Baylor that exposed defensive inconsistency. The Cowboys have shown they can beat good opponents at home, as with Kansas State and UCF, but they have not sustained that form away from campus and losses at TCU and other tough venues blunt the value of those signature wins. Upcoming chances at Utah and at Arizona State and a home run of games against BYU, TCU and Kansas give clear opportunities to reshape the resume but those are difficult tests and without a true signature road or neutral victory the combination of poor results away from home and uneven defense keeps them outside the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/4Oral Roberts310W95-71
11/9Texas A&M36W87-63
11/12Prairie View305W94-67
11/16TAM C. Christi181W85-69
11/19South Florida80W103-95
11/22Nicholls St228W95-81
11/27(N)Northwestern61W86-81
12/2Sam Houston St110W93-83
12/6(N)Grand Canyon82W84-78
12/13(N)Oklahoma62L85-76
12/18Missouri KC346W91-79
12/21CS Fullerton202W94-89
12/29Bethune-Cookman264W103-77
1/3@Texas Tech19L102-80
1/6UCF46W87-76
1/10@Iowa St5L83-71
1/13Baylor48L94-79
1/17Kansas St84W84-83
1/20@TCU52L68-65
1/24Iowa St519%
1/31@Utah11457%
2/4BYU1427%
2/7@Arizona25%
2/10@Arizona St9247%
2/14TCU5254%
2/18Kansas1729%
2/21@Colorado7842%
2/24West Virginia5756%
2/28@Cincinnati5434%
3/3@UCF4630%
3/7Houston418%