2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2020–21
Prev Year:2019–20
Next Year:2021–22
Team:Oklahoma State Cowboys
Conference:Big 12 Conference
Short Conf:Big 12
Record:21–9
Conf Record:11–7
Coachrank:19
Aprank:11
Hc Year:4th
Asst Coach2:Erik Pastrana
Asst Coach3:Cannen Cunningham
Bowl Result:Second Round

The 2020–21 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Mike Boynton, and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 21-9, 11-7 in Big 12 Play to finish in 5th place. They defeated West Virginia and Baylor to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated Liberty in the First Round before getting upset in the Second Round by Oregon State.

Previous season

The Cowboys finished the 2019–20 season 18–14, 7–11 in Big 12 play to finish in eighth place. They defeated Iowa State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament before all remaining games were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jonathan Laurent 1 G/F 6'6" 215 Senior Graduated
Thomas Dziagwa 4 G 6'4" 190 Senior Graduated
Marcus Watson 5 G 6'6" 215 Freshman Transferred to New Mexico State
12 F 6'7" 230 SeniorGraduated
14 F 6'10" 235 Sophomore Transferred to SMU
21 G 6'6" 215 Senior Graduated
Trey Reeves 33 F 6'4" 220 Senior Graduated
Hidde Roessink 35 F 6'10" 220 Freshman Transferred to Kansas City
J. K. Hadlock 54 G 6'1" 185 Senior Graduated

Incoming Transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school
Bryce Williams 14 G 6'2" 180 Senior
Bernard Kouma 25 F 6'10" 240 Sophomore
Ferron Flavors Jr. 31 G 6'3" 190 Graduate Student

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=|Regular Season|-!colspan=9 style=|Big 12 Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=|NCAA tournament[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Myerberg. Paul. ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 among major college basketball tournaments cancelled amid coronavirus. 2020-12-01. USA TODAY. en-US.
  2. Web site: 2020-21 Men's Basketball Schedule . Oklahoma State University Athletics . December 11, 2020 . en.