OSU plays Stanford in the NIT on Monday night, and there’s no reason to rehash the Cowboys’ case for NCAA Tournament inclusion.
The two Big 12 teams picked over OSU – OU and Texas – didn’t embarrass themselves in the NCAAs, taking first-round games into overtime. Baylor, which also was ranked above OSU by the selection committee even though the Bears also were bypassed, lost to Mississippi State in the NIT second round on Sunday night. But you can’t really use NIT results as any validation, one way or another, for NCAA arguments.
The last four teams picked for the NCAA – Syracuse, St.