STILLWATER — Coach Mike Boynton has worked to rebuild the Oklahoma State basketball team's nonconference schedule, but he's worried a game he had no say in could get the most attention.
As part of the Big 12/SEC Challenge, the Cowboys will face South Carolina, Boynton's alma mater, on Jan. 26 in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Boynton said he would have preferred if the Gamecocks weren't OSU's draw among the SEC's 14 programs, if only because he doesn't want the hoopla a matchup with his alma mater will provide.
“I don't love it,” he said. “... I'm pretty simple and I try to keep things about what really matters, and I can already envision the conversation around it, and it's not necessary, but I understand.