2024–25 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team

2024–25 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
2024–25 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	8–3 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Steve Lutz (1st season);
Associate head coach	James Miller
Assistant coaches	Jeremy Cox; Mike Ekanem; Robert Guster; Keiton Page;
Home arena	Gallagher-Iba Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
No. 3 Iowa State	0	–	0	–	10	–	1	.909
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
BYU	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Colorado	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
No. 8 Kansas	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
UCF	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	9	–	2	.818
No. 15 Houston	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Utah	0	–	0	–	8	–	3	.727
Baylor	0	–	0	–	7	–	3	.700
TCU	0	–	0	–	7	–	4	.636
Arizona	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	6	–	5	.545

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of December 21, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represents Oklahoma State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by first-year head coach Steve Lutz, play their home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena located in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cowboys finished the 2023–24 season 12–20, 4–14 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for last place. They were defeated by UCF in the first round of the Big 12 tournament.^[1]^[2]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Naz Brown	0	G	6'0"	181	Sophomore	Fort Worth, Texas	Transferred to Coastal Carolina
Eric Dailey Jr.	2	F	6'8"	230	Freshman	Palmetto, Florida	Transferred to UCLA
Jarius Hicklen	4	G	6'4"	180	Graduate student	Dallas, Texas	Exhausted eligibility
Quion Williams	5	G	6'5"	220	Sophomore	Jonesboro, Arkansas	Transferred to Abilene Christian
Javon Small	12	G	6'3"	195	Junior	South Bend, Indiana	Transferred to West Virginia
Carson Sager	15	G	6'4"	207	Senior	Wichita Falls, Texas	Graduated
Justin McBride	21	F	6'8"	230	Freshman	Plano, Texas	Transferred to Nevada
Brooks Manzer	22	G	6'3"	190	Junior	Edmond, Oklahoma	Walk on; didn't return
Brandon Garrison	23	C	6'11"	245	Freshman	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Transferred to Kentucky
Mike Marsh	32	C	6'10"	250	RS Senior	Columbia, South Carolina	Graduated
Weston Church	35	G	6'3"	180	Senior	Fairview, Oklahoma	Graduated
John-Michael Wright	51	G	6'1"	190	Graduate student	Fayetteville, North Carolina	Exhausted eligibility

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Marchelus Avery	0	F	6'8"	210	Fifth year	Richmond, Virginia	UCF
Arturo Dean	2	G	5'11"	170	Junior	Miami, Florida	FIU
Davonte Davis	4	G	6'4"	185	Fifth year	Jacksonville, Arkansas	Arkansas
Khalil Brantley	5	G	6'1"	180	Senior	Bronx, New York	La Salle
Brandon Newman	6	G	6'5"	200	Graduate student	Valparaiso, Indiana	Western Kentucky
Kirk Cole	7	G	6'1"	165	Junior	Yukon, Oklahoma	Troy
Mikey Kelvin II	23	F	6'6"	200	Fifth year	Ottawa, Ontario	Queen's (ON)
Patrick Suemnick	24	F	6'8"	225	Graduate student	Green Bay, Wisconsin	West Virginia
Robert Jennings II	25	F	6'7"	230	Junior	DeSoto, Texas	Texas Tech
Abou Ousmane	33	F	6'10"	245	Fifth year	Brooklyn, New York	Xavier
Tyler Caron	34	F	6'8"	210	Graduate student	Longview, Texas	St. Mary's (TX)
C.J. Smith	55	F	6'7"	205	Sophomore	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Coffeyville Community College

Recruiting class

There were no recruits in the 2024 class.

Preseason

Big 12 Preseason Poll

	Big 12 Coaches	Points
1.	Kansas	215 (9)
2.	Houston	211 (5)
3.	Iowa State	194 (1)
4.	Baylor	185
5.	Arizona	179 (1)
6.	Cincinnati	140
7.	Texas Tech	135
8.	Kansas State	133
9.	BYU	116
10.	TCU	90
11.	UCF	83
12.	Arizona State	64
13.	West Virginia	62
14.	Oklahoma State	46
15.	Colorado	37
16.	Utah	30
Reference:^[3] (#) first-place votes

Pre-Season All-Big 12 Team

First Team

Player	School
Caleb Love	Arizona
LJ Cryer	Houston
J’Wan Roberts	Houston
Tamin Lipsey	Iowa State
Hunter Dickinson†	Kansas
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[3]

Second Team

Player	School
Norchad Omier	Baylor
Jeremy Roach	Baylor
Keshon Gilbert	Iowa State
Dajuan Harris Jr	Kansas
Coleman Hawkins	Kansas State
† denotes unanimous selection Reference:^[3]

Player of the Year: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas
Co-Newcomer of the Year: Jeremy Roach, Baylor & Coleman Hawkins, Kansas State
Freshman of the Year: V. J. Edgecombe, Baylor

Roster

2024–25 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Marchelus Avery (5Y)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	UCF	Richmond, Virginia
G	1	Bryce Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	Kansas	Tulsa, Oklahoma
G	2	Arturo Dean	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	FIU	Miami, Florida
G	4	Davonte Davis (5Y)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Arkansas	Jacksonville, Arkansas
G	5	Khalil Brantley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	La Salle	Bronx, New York
G	6	Brandon Newman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	GS	Western Kentucky	Valparaiso, Indiana
G	7	Kirk Cole	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Jr	Troy	Yukon, Oklahoma
G	13	Connor Dow	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Broken Arrow High School	Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
G	14	Jamyron Keller	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Ellison High School	St. Matthews, South Carolina
F	19	Andrija Vukovic	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Fr	First Sport Basketball College Belgrade	Čukarica, Serbia
F	23	Mikey Kelvin II (5Y)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Queen's (ON)	Ottawa, Ontario
F	24	Patrick Suemnick	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	GS	West Virginia	Green Bay, Wisconsin
F	25	Robert Jennings II	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Texas Tech	DeSoto, Texas
F	33	Abou Ousmane (5Y)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Sr	Xavier	Brooklyn, New York
F	34	Tyler Caron	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	GS	St. Mary's (TX)	Longview, Texas
F	35	Jaxton Bobik	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr	Queen Creek High School	Queen Creek, Arizona
F	55	C.J. Smith	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Coffeyville Community College	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Head coach

Steve Lutz (Texas Lutheran)

Assistant coach(es)

James Miller (CSU Pueblo)
Jeremy Cox (Colorado Mesa)
Mike Ekanem (Texas Lutheran)
Robert Guster (Missouri–Rolla)
Keiton Page (Oklahoma State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
(5Y) Fifth-year senior
Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 6, 2024

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2024* 11:00 a.m.	SMU	W 89–78		24 – Thompson	8 – Ousmane	5 – Brantley	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	Green Bay	W 89–76	1–0	22 – Thompson	8 – Ousmane	4 – Brantley	Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,251) Stillwater, OK
November 10, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	St. Thomas	W 80–71	2–0	23 – Avery	9 – Dean	5 – Dean	Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,447) Stillwater, OK
November 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southern Illinois	W 85–78	3–0	18 – Ousmane	4 – Tied	5 – Dean	Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,804) Stillwater, OK
November 21, 2024* 1:30 p.m., ESPNU	vs. Florida Atlantic Charleston Classic First Round	L 78–86	3–1	16 – Brantley	11 – Jennings II	4 – Dean	TD Arena (1,818) Charleston, SC
November 22, 2024* 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	vs. Miami (FL) Charleston Classic Consolation 2nd Round	W 80–74	4–1	17 – Thompson	5 – Ousmane	3 – Davis	TD Arena (1,936) Charleston, SC
November 24, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN	vs. Nevada Charleston Classic 5th Place Game	L 78–90	4–2	15 – Avery	6 – Ousmane	3 – Brantley	TD Arena (2,063) Charleston, SC
December 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulsa	W 76–55	5–2	15 – Thompson	8 – Davis	4 – Tied	Reynolds Center (4,590) Tulsa, OK
December 8, 2024* 11:00 a.m., FS1	at Seton Hall Big East–Big 12 Battle	W 85–76	6–2	14 – Tied	4 – Tied	8 – Brantley	Prudential Center (8,791) Newark, NJ
December 14, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	vs. No. 13 Oklahoma Bedlam Series	L 65–80	6–3	19 – Avery	6 – Avery	3 – Tied'	Paycom Center (10,300) Oklahoma City, OK
December 18, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tarleton State	W 66–61	7–3	18 – Avery	10 – Avery	3 – Tied	Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,188) Stillwater, OK
December 22, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Oral Roberts	W 86–74	8–3	19 – Ousmane	7 – Ousmane	3 – Tied'	Gallagher-Iba Arena (6,349) Stillwater, OK
Big 12 regular season
December 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 4, 2025 11:00 a.m., CBSSN	at West Virginia						WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
January 7, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Kansas State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 11, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Utah						Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
January 14, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at BYU						Marriott Center Provo, UT
January 18, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Colorado						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 21, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPNU	Arizona						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
January 26, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Texas Tech						United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Kansas State						Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Utah						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 4, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Houston						Fertitta Center Houston, TX
February 9, 2025 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Arizona State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 12, 2025 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	at TCU						Schollmaier Arena Fort Worth, TX
February 15, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Texas Tech						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 19, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN2/ESPNU	UCF						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 22, 2025 3:00 p.m., CBS	at Kansas						Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
February 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Iowa State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
March 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Baylor						Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
March 5, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UCF						Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
March 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Iowa State						Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Big 12 tournament
March 11–15, 2025 TBA	vs.						T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

References

^ "2023-24 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
^ "2023-24 Oklahoma State Cowboys Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU's Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 10, 2024.

[1] "2023-24 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule". CBS Sports. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[2] "2023-24 Oklahoma State Cowboys Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved July 27, 2024.

[Big_12_Preseason_Poll/Honors-3] "Kansas Selected As Big 12 Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite, KU's Dickinson Named Preseason Player of the Year". Big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. October 10, 2024.

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