The 2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The team was led by 14th-year head coach

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. In 2002–03, the Cowboys finished 22–10 (10–6 in the

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Preseason

Four transfers became eligible to play for the Cowboys this season.

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and Stevie Graham transferred from the

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, Daniel Bobik transferred from BYU, and

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transferred from

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but did not have to sit out the required year after the

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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 its conference game against

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. The Cowboys then won 11 straight conference games before falling in double overtime to

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. 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

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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

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, the Cowboys fell to

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on a last-second shot by

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Roster

Big 12 Conference standings

Schedule

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Team players drafted into the NBA

References

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