Oklahoma State went from winners of 10 of 11 games from mid-January to mid-February, to losers of its final three before Selection Sunday. That turn of fate no doubt altered the Cowboys tournament seeding, as they fell from a 6-seed in some projections to a No. 10. But that doesn’t change the ceiling of this team, so long as Jawun Evans is doin’ the dang thing.
The floor general of OSU has been the saving grace this entire season. Not to discredit Jeff Caroll’s borderline miraculous transformation from reserve to raging success, or the evolution of Mitch Solomon into one of OSU’s best defenders.