2019–20 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2019–20
Prev Year:	2018–19
Next Year:	2020–21
Team:	Oklahoma State Cowboys
Conference:	Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:	Big 12
Record:	18–14
Conf Record:	7–11
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach2:	Erik Pastrana
Asst Coach3:	Cannen Cunningham
Champion:	NIT Season Tip-Off champions

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.

Previous season

The Cowboys finished the 2018–19 season with 12–20, 5–13 in Big 12 play to finish in ninth place. The Cowboys suffered significant roster attrition and finished the season with only 7 scholarship players, their season ending with first-round loss in the Big 12 men's basketball tournament to TCU. Graduate transfer Mike Cunningham left the program, and then three players were subsequently dismissed from the team for their connection with in an automobile vandalism incident.^[1]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Kentrevious Jones	00	C	6'10"	270	Freshman		Dismissed from team^[2]
Curtis Jones	1	G	6'4"	185	RS Junior		Graduate transfer to Penn State^[3]
Maurice Calloo	2	F	6'9"	225	Freshman		Dismissed from team^[4]
Duncan Demuth	5	F	6'8"	210	Freshman		Transferred
Mike Cunningham	55	G	6'1"	180	Senior		Left team

Incoming Transfers

Future recruits

2020–21 team recruits

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=|Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Big 12 tournament|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|Mar 12, 2020
1:30 pm, ESPN2| style="text-align:center"| (8)| vs. (1) No. 1 Kansas
Quarterfinals| colspan=2 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[5] | style="text-align:center"|Sprint Center
Kansas City, MO

Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sources: Cowboy basketball players dismissed for allegedly vandalizing cars. Stillwater News Press. 2019-10-25.
2. Web site: Sources: Cowboy basketball players dismissed for allegedly vandalizing cars. Stillwater News Press. 2019-10-25.
3. Web site: Here’s what Penn State basketball is getting in transfer Curtis Jones, a former 4-star guard. Centre Daily Times. 2019-10-25.
4. Web site: Sources: Cowboy basketball players dismissed for allegedly vandalizing cars. Stillwater News Press. 2019-10-25.
5. Web site: All Power 5 leagues cancel conference tournaments. ESPN.com.