If someone read the below paragraph to you in August, would you have been pleased with the Oklahoma State basketball season?
As (Mike) Boynton said, Tuesday’s game was far from a masterpiece. But after an ugly-as-can-be first quarter from both teams, Oklahoma State snapped from its malaise and dispatched Florida Gulf Coast 80-68 in front of 5,305 in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys won a postseason game for the first time since 2011 while winning their 20th game — a mark unimaginable to most outside the program when OSU convened in June. [TulsaWorld]
20-wins, overcoming the curse of Marist in the NIT, overcoming the disappointment of not getting into the NCAAs.