No. 7 Texas takes on Oklahoma State in Big 12 Tournament

The No. 7 ranked Texas Longhorns will take on Oklahoma State tonight in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament following the Cowboys’ 57-49 win over Oklahoma Wednesday night.

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The Longhorns (23-8) won the most regular season games in a campaign since 2010-11, and in doing so have very likely locked up a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Tonight’s game is an opportunity for a 12th Quadrant 1 win, which would keep Texas second behind Kansas nationally in Q1 victories.

The Cowboys improved to 18-14 and kept their NCAA Tournament hopes alive with the 57-49 win over the Sooners Wednesday night. A win over Texas tonight would likely punch the Cowboys’ ticket to the tourney.

Texas interim head coach Rodney Terry was named the Sporting News National Coach of the Year Wednesday. He has coached the Longhorns to a 16-7 record since being named the interim head coach.

How to watch the game

Oklahoma State and Texas tipoff at 6 p.m. Central on ESPN2 with Rich Hollenberg (play by play), Chris Spatola (analyst) and Kris Budden (reporter) calling the action.

T-Mobile Center (19,135) – Kansas City, Missouri

The Longhorns lead the series 57-47. Texas won the last meeting 89-75 on January 24, 2023 in Austin. The Longhorns also won this season in Stillwater by a score of 56-46 on January 7, 2023.

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2023 Big 12 Tournament schedule

T-Mobile Center — Kansas City, Missouri

Quarterfinals — Thursday, March 9
Gm 3: No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 5 Iowa State | 11:30am on ESPN
Gm 4: No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 8 West Virginia | 2pm on ESPN
Gm 5: No. 2 Texas vs. Oklahoma State | 6pm on ESPN2
Gm6: No. 3 Kansas State vs. No. 6 TCU | 8:30pm on ESPN/ESPN2

Semifinals — Friday, March 10
Gm 7: Gm 3 winner vs. Gm 4 winner | 6pm on ESPN/ESPN2
Gm 8: Gm 5 winner vs. Gm 6 winner | 8:30pm on ESPN/ESPN2

Big 12 Tournament Championship Game — Saturday, March 11
Gm 9: Game 7 winner vs. Gm 8 winner | 5pm on ESPN

The Rodney Terry File

Rodney Terry enters Tuesday with a career record of 179-163. He has been a head coach at the Division I level for ten year prior to joining Chris Beard’s staff in Austin.

Terry built the Fresno State program up in his time in California. The Bulldogs won 20 or more games in four of Terry’s last five seasons. That included three times in post season play. Terry has a 0-1 record in the NCAA Tournament.

The Mike Boynton File

Mike Boynton is in his sixth season as head coach of Oklahoma State. He has 103-87 record in Stillwater, including 46-61 in Big 12 play.

Boynton sports an NCAA Tournament record of 1-1.

Oklahoma State starters

G  Caleb Asberry, 6-3, senior, (9.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists)

G John-Michael Wright 6-1, senior (10.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists )

G Bryce Thompson 6-6, junior (11.9 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.3 assists)

PF Tyreek Smith, 6-9, junior (4.9 points, 3.7 rebounds)

C Moussa Cisse, 7-1, junior (6.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.0 blocks)

Key reserves

Key reserves for the Cowboys are 6-9 junior power forward Kalib Boone (11.2 points, 5.0 rebounds), 6-9 junior guard/wing Woody Newton (4.6 points, 3.5 rebounds) and 6-2 senior guard Chris Harris Jr. (2.4 points, 1.3 rebounds).

Texas starters

PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-1, sophomore (10.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists)

CG Marcus Carr, 6-2, super senior (16.2 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.6 steals)

F Timmy Allen, 6-6, super senior (10.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists)

F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, freshman (4.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 0.7 steals)

PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, senior (7.6 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.4 blocks)

The reserves 

SG Sir’Jabari Rice, 6-4, super senior (12.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists)

PF Christian Bishop, 6-7, super senior (6.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 0.9 steals)

CG Arterio Morris, 6-3, freshman (4.8 points, 1.5 rebounds, 0.7 assists)

F Brock Cunningham, 6-6, senior (4.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists) 

PF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, freshman (1.8 points, 0.8 rebounds)