STILLWATER — For much of the early part of this season, Moussa Cisse, Kalib Boone and Tyreek Smith have been able to bully teams in the paint, but against the best team the Cowboys will have played to this point, the Pokes’ frontcourt will face its biggest test thus far.
Oklahoma State plays No. 8 UConn at 5:30 p.m. Thursday. There won’t be a ton of teams able to compete with the size of the Cowboys, but UConn might. Each team primarily uses three big men. OSU’s three average out to 6-foot-10, 210 pounds. UConn’s three average out to 6-10, 240 pounds.