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Cowboy Basketball Earns No. 4 Seed, Will Take On Liberty In NCAA Tournament
March 14, 2021 | Cowboy Basketball
The Oklahoma State basketball team is back in the Big Dance for the 29th time, and with its best seed since 2005. The Cowboys were named a No. 4 seed in the 2021 NCAA Tournament, and will face No. 13 Liberty.
Tipoff time, site and TV information will be released when it comes available.
The Cowboys built one of the nation's most impressive NCAA Tournament resumes. Oklahoma State ranks second nationally with 10 N.E.T. Quadrant-1 victories and owns a 10-6 Q1 record. The Cowboys also have nine wins over Associated Press top-25 squads, which leads the nation.
OSU soared up the bracket thanks to an incredible stretch that included six ranked wins in 19 days. According to ESPN Stats & Info, that is the second-shortest span for six ranked wins in the AP Poll era (1948-49) behind only UConn's magical run to the 2011 NCAA title.
On Feb. 13, the Cowboys were unranked, but have since won eight of 10 games and have risen to No. 12 in the AP top-25.
 This will be the first ever hardwood meeting between Oklahoma State and Liberty, which enters the NCAA Tournament after a 23-5 record that included the ASUN regular season and tournament titles. The Flames defeated North Alabama, 79-75, in the ASUN title game to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time.
In 2019, the Flames upset Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Virginia Tech.
Oklahoma State looks to add to its rich history in the NCAA Tournament. OSU was the first program to win back-to-back NCAA titles in 1945 and 1946, an also has six Final Four appearances, 11 Elite Eights and 11 Sweet 16s. Only UCLA, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina, Connecticut, Duke, Kansas and Louisville have more NCAA championships than Oklahoma State. The Cowboys earned a spot in the Final Four in 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1995 and 2004.
Oklahoma State is 12-7 all-time in the round of 64 and 6-6 in the round of 32, but is looking for its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2009.
OSU was famously a No. 4 seed when it advanced to the Final Four in 1995. The Cowboys are 5-2 all-time as a No. 4 seed, and own a 2-0 record against the No. 13 seed.
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Tipoff time, site and TV information will be released when it comes available.
The Cowboys built one of the nation's most impressive NCAA Tournament resumes. Oklahoma State ranks second nationally with 10 N.E.T. Quadrant-1 victories and owns a 10-6 Q1 record. The Cowboys also have nine wins over Associated Press top-25 squads, which leads the nation.
OSU soared up the bracket thanks to an incredible stretch that included six ranked wins in 19 days. According to ESPN Stats & Info, that is the second-shortest span for six ranked wins in the AP Poll era (1948-49) behind only UConn's magical run to the 2011 NCAA title.
On Feb. 13, the Cowboys were unranked, but have since won eight of 10 games and have risen to No. 12 in the AP top-25.
 This will be the first ever hardwood meeting between Oklahoma State and Liberty, which enters the NCAA Tournament after a 23-5 record that included the ASUN regular season and tournament titles. The Flames defeated North Alabama, 79-75, in the ASUN title game to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time.
In 2019, the Flames upset Mississippi State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament before falling to Virginia Tech.
Oklahoma State looks to add to its rich history in the NCAA Tournament. OSU was the first program to win back-to-back NCAA titles in 1945 and 1946, an also has six Final Four appearances, 11 Elite Eights and 11 Sweet 16s. Only UCLA, Kentucky, Indiana, North Carolina, Connecticut, Duke, Kansas and Louisville have more NCAA championships than Oklahoma State. The Cowboys earned a spot in the Final Four in 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1995 and 2004.
Oklahoma State is 12-7 all-time in the round of 64 and 6-6 in the round of 32, but is looking for its first NCAA Tournament victory since 2009.
OSU was famously a No. 4 seed when it advanced to the Final Four in 1995. The Cowboys are 5-2 all-time as a No. 4 seed, and own a 2-0 record against the No. 13 seed.
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