Oklahoma State Cowboys | |||
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University | Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | ||
Conference | Big 12 | ||
Location | Stillwater, OK | ||
Head coach | Brad Underwood (1st year) | ||
Arena |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (Capacity: 13,611) |
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Nickname | Cowboys | ||
Colors | Orange and Black |
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NCAA Tournament champions | |||
1945, 1946 | |||
NCAA Tournament Final Four | |||
1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1995, 2004 | |||
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight | |||
1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1995, 2000, 2004 | |||
NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1965, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015 | |||
Conference tournament champions | |||
1983, 1995, 2004, 2005 | |||
Conference regular season champions | |||
1925, 1931, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1965, 1991, 2004 |
The Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represents Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. (All women's teams at the school are known as Cowgirls.) The Cowboys currently compete in the Big 12 Conference.
Since 1938, the team has played its home games in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Prior to 1957, the school was known as Oklahoma A&M College, and the teams were nicknamed the Aggies.
On March 21, 2016 Brad Underwood was hired as head coach at Oklahoma State, replacing the outgoing Travis Ford.
Oklahoma State University (then Oklahoma A&M College) began varsity intercollegiate competition in men's basketball in 1908. The Cowboys (including the predecessor Aggies teams) rank 35th in total victories among all NCAA Division I college basketball programs, with an all-time win-loss record of 1517–1053 (.590) at the end of 2010–11 season.
The Cowboys (including the predecessor Aggies teams) have made 22 total appearances in the NCAA Tournament (37–21 overall record), reaching the NCAA Final Four six times (1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1995, 2004) and the NCAA Regional Finals (Elite Eight) eleven times. Oklahoma State (then Oklahoma A&M College) won the NCAA Championship in 1945 and 1946. The Cowboys rank tenth (tied with three other programs) in all-time Final Four appearances and seventh (tied with seven others) in total NCAA Championships.