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Oklahoma State's regular-season basketball opener was supposed to start at 1:30 p.m. The Cowboys didn't surrender a basket until 3:17 p.m. Spin it that way and OSU's defensive performance in an 86-64 victory over Seattle University could be considered the best in the history of college basketball.

OSU's James Anderson tries for a rebound next to Autrail Manning of Dillard during the exhibition men's college basketball game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and Dillard Bleu Devils at Gallagher- Iba Arena in Stillwater on Nov.

Oklahoma State fields the youngest basketball team in the Big 12. The Cowboys played like it during stretches of an exhibition finale Tuesday night, but got big performances from James Anderson and Matt Pilgrim to post a 97-55 victory over Dillard University, an NAIA school from New Orleans.

Team on the rise: Kansas State has its starting backcourt returning, as is 82 percent of the scoring from last year's 22-12 club.

The men's college basketball season is set to begin this week and three Big 12 coaches are heading to ESPN headquarters to discuss the upcoming year on Wednesday, Nov.

"You can put me at any position - one through five - if you want to," Page said, "as long as I'm out there on the court, I'm happy." The five? "I don't know how that would work," said the 5-foot-9 Page, "but being on the court, that's the main thing." We may soon find out how Page works out at the one, the point guard spot, as he's quickly becoming ...

Oklahoma State had four players in double figures and two with double-doubles in an 89-80 exhibition win over scrappy Central Oklahoma on Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

Oklahoma State basketball coach Travis Ford said this about transfer forward Matt Pilgrim: "He is probably about the fastest, quickest, most athletic guy I have ever coached.

Most first-year head coaches go through at least one rebuilding phase. Not so for Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford, who suggests the Cowboys have skipped straight to reloading.

Wounded list: OSU basketball coach Travis Ford said injuries have depleted his team's depth.

STILLWATER a ' Reserves Nick Sidorakis and Teeng Akol have been sidelined with injuries as Oklahoma State prepares for its first exhibition game.

Oklahoma State was among the shortest college basketball teams in the country last season.

Tennessee's Bobby Maze, center, passes away from Oklahoma State's Keiton Page and Nick Sidorakis in the first half of a first-round NCAA men's college basketball tournament game in Dayton, Ohio.

Tulsa's Jerome Jordan is one of 50 players named to the Naismith Trophy Preseason Watch List.

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Running through an expanded roster of 14 that now features legitimate size in the middle, Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford smiled and shrugged.

Kansas CITY, MO. - What does it say about Big 12 men's basketball when it can lose the nation's best player - former Oklahoma star Blake Griffin - and still expect the upcoming season to be its strongest ever? What does it say about a conference that has a team such as Iowa State that features a unanimous preseason all-league player and the Big 12 ...

The greatest Big 12 men's basketball season ever? It could be the one about to start, considering the talent returning and the potential stars added through recruiting.

Two in the Final Four why not?Big things are expected in the Big 12 this season, and advancing a pair to the first Final Four at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis would cap things nicely.

This is part of our series on freshmen who must make a big impact next season for their teams to challenge for league titles and get to the NCAA tournament.