2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team
American college basketball season
The 2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The team was led by 14th-year head coach Eddie Sutton . In 2002–03, the Cowboys finished 22–10 (10–6 in the Big 12 Conference ).
Preseason
Four transfers became eligible to play for the Cowboys this season. Joey and Stevie Graham transferred from the University of Central Florida , Daniel Bobik transferred from BYU , and John Lucas III transferred from Baylor University but did not have to sit out the required year after the Baylor University basketball scandal .
Regular season
The Cowboys won their first four games before traveling to BYU to take on Daniel Bobik's former team and Rafael Araújo , who gave the Cowboys their first setback of the year. After six more consecutive wins, OSU lost in a blowout in its conference game against Bob Knight 's Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock . The Cowboys then won 11 straight conference games before falling in double overtime to Missouri . Oklahoma State won the regular season conference championship, finishing with a record of 14–2. Until 2018–19, it was the last time a team other than the Kansas Jayhawks won the Big 12 regular-season championship outright. (Oklahoma State and Kansas shared the title in 2004–05.)
Postseason
Oklahoma State followed up its regular season Big 12 Conference championship with the tournament championship . OSU received a #2 seed in the East Regional, where it defeated the #1 seed St. Joseph's University in the regional final with the game-winning shot coming from John Lucas III. At the Final Four , the Cowboys fell to Georgia Tech on a last-second shot by Will Bynum .
Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
No.
Position
Player
23
F
Ivan McFarlin
24
G
Tony Allen
25
G
Janavor Weatherspoon
32
F
David Monds
33
F
Jason Miller
35
G
Brandon Elliott
42
F
Terrence Crawford
Big 12 Conference standings
Schedule
Date
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance)
Regular Season
11/21/2003 *7:05 pm
No. 25
Northwestern State W 90–62 1–0
Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
11/26/2003 *7:05 pm
No. 25
vs. Colorado State
W 84–63 2–0
Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
11/29/2003 *7:05 pm
No. 24
Pepperdine W 84–82 3–0
Gallagher-Iba Arena (10,040)Stillwater, OK
12/03/2003 *7:05 pm
No. 25
Texas-San Antonio W 83–53 4–0
Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,450)Stillwater, OK
12/06/2003 *4:08 pm
No. 25
vs. Brigham Young
L 76–71 4–1
Delta Center Salt Lake City, UT
12/16/2003 *7:05 pm
Southeastern Oklahoma State W 93–46 5–1
Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
12/20/2003 *4:05 pm
at Arkansas
W 73–58 6–1
Bud Walton Arena Fayetteville, AR
12/22/2003 *7:05 pm
Texas–Pan American W 96–61 7–1
Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,613)Stillwater, OK
12/30/2003 *7:05 pm
Samford W 65–50 8–1
Gallagher-Iba Arena (8,670)Stillwater, OK
1/03/2004 *6:35 pm
vs. Southern Methodist
W 89–54 9–1
Paycom Center Oklahoma City, OK
01/06/2004 *7:05 pm
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi W 84–52 10–1
Gallagher-Iba Arena (8,520)Stillwater, OK
01/10/2004 3:00 pm
at Texas Tech
L 83–62 10–2 (0–1)
United Spirit Arena Lubbock, TX
01/14/2004 7:04 pm
No. 11 Oklahoma
W 77–56 11–2 (1–1)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)Stillwater, OK
01/17/2004 6:04 pm
at Kansas State
W 57–56 12–2 (2–1)
Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
01/21/2004 7:05 pm
No. 24
Colorado W 71–62 13–2 (3–1)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (11,839)Stillwater, OK
01/24/2004 3:00 pm, ESPN
No. 24
at No. 16 Texas
W 72–67 14–2 (4–1)
Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX
01/31/2004 8:04 pm
No. 18
No. 13 Texas Tech
W 70–66 15–2 (5–1)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)Stillwater, OK
02/03/2004 7:05 pm
No. 13
at Texas A&M
W 91–79 16–2 (6–1)
Reed Arena College Station, TX
02/07/2004 12:47 pm, ESPN Plus
No. 13
at Iowa State
W 88–67 17–2 (7–1)
Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
02/09/2004 8:05 pm, ESPN
No. 10
No. 12 Kansas
W 80–60 18–2 (8–1)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)Stillwater, OK
02/14/2004 3:03 pm
No. 10
Baylor W 91–58 19–2 (9–1)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (11,449)Stillwater, OK
02/16/2004 8:05 pm
No. 7
at Oklahoma
W 65–52 20–2 (10–1)
Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
02/21/2004 7:00 pm
No. 7
at Nebraska
W 87–83 OT
21–2 (11–1)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (12,854)Stillwater, OK
02/24/2004 7:04 pm
No. 6
at Missouri
L 93–92 OT
21–3 (11–2)
Hearnes Center Columbia, MO
02/28/2004 3:03 pm
No. 6
at Baylor
W 72–65 22–3 (12–2)
Ferrell Center Waco, TX
03/01/2004 8:05 pm, ESPN
No. 8
No. 10 Texas
W 76–67 23–3 (13–2)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)Stillwater, OK
03/06/2004 12:47 pm
No. 8
Texas A&M W 70–41 24–3 (14–2)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (12,686)Stillwater, OK
2004 Big 12 men's basketball tournament
03/12/2004 12:07 pm, ESPN Plus
No. 7
vs. Iowa State Quarterfinals W 83–75 25–3
American Airlines Center Dallas, TX
03/13/2004 1:07 pm, ESPN2
No. 7
vs. Texas Tech Semifinals W 82–77 26–3
American Airlines Center (19,100)Dallas, TX
03/14/2004 2:15 pm, ESPN
No. 7
vs. No. 11 Texas Championship W 65–49 27–3
American Airlines Center (17,324)Dallas, TX
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
03/19/2004 *2:22 pm, CBS
No. 4 (2 seed)
vs. Eastern Washington First Round W 75–56 28–3
Kemper Arena Kansas City, MO
03/21/2004 *1:20 am, CBS
No. 4 (2)
vs. No. 24 Memphis Second Round W 70–53 29–3
Kemper Arena (17,667)Kansas City, MO
03/25/2004 *7:27 am, CBS
No. 4 (2)
vs. No. 9 Pittsburgh Sweet Sixteen W 63–51 30–3
Continental Airlines Arena East Rutherford, NJ
03/27/2004 *7:05 am, CBS
No. 4 (2)
vs. No. 5 St. Joseph's Elite Eight W 64–62 31–3
Meadowlands Arena (19,779)East Rutherford, NJ
04/03/2004 *5:07 am, CBS
No. 4 (2)
vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech Final Four L 67–65 31–4
Alamodome San Antonio, TX
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
CST .
Team players drafted into the NBA
References
Venues Rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics
