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2017–18 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team

2017–18 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
Oklahoma State University Athletics logo.svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
2017–18 record 0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach Mike Boynton Jr. (1st season)
Assistant coach Lamont Evans (Suspended)
Assistant coach John Cooper
Assistant coach David Kontaxis
Home arena Gallagher-Iba Arena
Seasons
← 2016–17
2018–19 →
2017–18 Big 12 men's basketball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Baylor 0 0       0 0  
Iowa State 0 0       0 0  
Kansas 0 0       0 0  
Kansas State 0 0       0 0  
Oklahoma 0 0       0 0  
Oklahoma State 0 0       0 0  
TCU 0 0       0 0  
Texas 0 0       0 0  
Texas Tech 0 0       0 0  
West Virginia 0 0       0 0  
2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
As of September 27, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017–18 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by first-head coach Mike Boynton Jr.. The Cowboys as a members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

On September 26, federal prosecutors in New York announced charges of fraud and corruption against 10 people involved in college basketball, including Oklahoma State assistant coach Lamont Evans. The charges allege that Evans and others allegedly received benefits from financial advisers and others to influence student-athletes to retain their services. Following the news, Evans was suspended and relieved of all duties.

The Cowboys finished the 2016–17 season with 20–13, 9–9 in Big 12 play to finish in fifth place. They lost to Iowa State in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region where they lost to Michigan in the First Round.

On March 18, 2017, head coach Brad Underwood left the school to accept the head coaching position at Illinois after one year at OSU. The school promoted assistant coach Mike Boynton Jr. to head coach on March 24.


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