The 2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team represents
Oklahoma State University in the
2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 10, 2003, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship Game on Apri ...
. The team was led by 14th-year head coach
Eddie Sutton. In 2002–03, the Cowboys finished 22–10 (10–6 in the
Big 12 Conference).
Preseason
Four transfers became eligible to play for the Cowboys this season.
Joey and
Stevie Graham
Stephen Graham (born June 11, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player coach. Graham's twin brother, Joey, was his college teammate and has also played in the NBA. He is currently a player and development coach with the Denver ...
transferred from the
University of Central Florida, Daniel Bobik transferred from
BYU, and
John Lucas III transferred from
Baylor University but did not have to sit out the required year after the
Baylor University basketball scandal
The Baylor University basketball scandal occurred in the early 2000s, when Baylor University's Baylor Bears men's basketball, men's basketball program was investigated and punished for numerous infractions by the National Collegiate Athletic Assoc ...
.
Regular season
The Cowboys won their first four games before traveling to
BYU to take on Daniel Bobik's former team and
Rafael Araújo, who gave the Cowboys their first setback of the year. After six more consecutive wins, OSU lost in a blowout in their its conference game against
Bob Knight
Robert Montgomery Knight (born October 25, 1940) is an American former basketball coach. Nicknamed "the General", Knight won 902 NCAA Division I men's college basketball games, a record at the time of his retirement, and currently fourth all-ti ...
's
Texas Tech Red Raiders in
Lubbock. The Cowboys then won 11 straight conference games before falling in double overtime to
Missouri. Oklahoma State won the regular season conference championship, finishing with a record of 14-2. Until 2018-19, it was the last time a team other than the
Kansas Jayhawks
The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as simply KU or Kansas, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that participate in NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a mem ...
won the Big 12 regular-season championship outright. (Oklahoma State and Kansas shared the title in 2004-05.)
Postseason
Oklahoma State followed up its regular season Big 12 Conference championship with the
tournament championship. OSU received a #2 seed in the East Regional, where it defeated the #1 seed
St. Joseph's University in the regional final with the game-winning shot coming from John Lucas III. At the
Final Four, the Cowboys fell to
Georgia Tech on a last-second shot by
Will Bynum.
Roster
Big 12 Conference standings
Schedule
Team players drafted into the NBA
References
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