The 2017-2018 Oklahoma State Basketball team was not expected to have a place at the table – but Mike Boynton has found a way into the conversation.
It would’ve been easy, and was expected. for Oklahoma State to cave in and become a doormat in the Big 12, for Boynton to face-plant after all he was presented with. Boynton almost certainly won’t win coach of the year in the Big 12 (Texas Tech’s Chris Beard probably has that locked up), but few in the sport have made bigger strides, all things considered, than him.
In college basketball, success for first-year coaches can be gauged in different ways.