This will be Oklahoma State’s first season under Steve Lutz, who replaces Mike Boynton. Lutz took the last three teams he coached -- two at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and last season at Western Kentucky – to the NCAA Tournament. It’ll be tough to make it four in a row.
There has been a near complete roster overhaul. The team has 11 newcomers -- a lot, even in the transfer portal era. Big 12 coaches picked the Cowboys to finish 14th in the 16-team conference.
Bryce Thompson (senior, SG, 11.6 ppg.).
Thompson is the top holdover from the Boynton era. He will bring experience and versatility to the squad. He shot 34.
4% from 3-point range last season. He only played 18 games last season after suffering a season-ending shoulder injury against Kansas last season, but he should be ready to go at the start of the season. Davonte Davis (senior, G, 5.
9 ppg. at Arkansas). Davis made the SEC All-Defense team in 2023 and can score the ball too.
He scored 1,118 points for the Razorbacks and is ninth in school history with 314 assists. He played in eight NCAA Tournament wins. Khalil Brantley (senior, G, 15.
0 ppg. at LaSalle). Brantley led LaSalle in scoring last season and added 5.
3 rebounds per contest. He made 47 3-pointers last season, had 137 assists and led the team with 50 steals. Javon Small, last year’s leader with 15.
1 points per game, is at West Virginia. Brandon Garrison, a talented 6-foot-10, 250-pound big man, transferred to Kentucky. Quion Williams is at Abilene Christian.
