Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton spent the days before Saturday's game highlighting the importance of retaining players and the struggle of doing so.
He mentioned that rival coaches are likely calling his players as a ploy to get them to transfer. It's a problem that Boynton said he's seen in college basketball for years.
If OSU wants to get better, it must keep its young talent in Stillwater for multiple seasons for them to develop. "They need to invest in these kids,” he said Thursday.
Two of those "kids," freshmen Jamyron Keller and Brandon Garrison, led OSU's best Big 12 offensive game in the Boynton era as the Cowboys upset No.