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This years OK State Cowboys will have to rely on a number of underclassmen as the Cowboys are returning only one senior, Guard Obi Munonelo, five Juniors, two sophomores and six freshmen. Head Coach Travis Ford will be completing his second year as the Cowboys coach.

Under Coach Eddie Sutton (17 years) the Cowboys reached the postseason 14 times to include 13 NCAA Tournament bids and two Final Four appearances; they captred three Season Conference Titles and three tournament championships as Coach Sutton finished his career as the second winningest coach in OSU history behind only Henry Iba.

Look for Coach Wright to try and take his team back to the “Big Dance”, which will be harder this season with the loss of four seniors last season.

A SHORT HISTORY

The Oklahoma State Men’s Basketball team first came into existence in 1908 and had limited success but it wasn’t until the 1934 season, when the school hired on Henry Iba as the teams new Head Coach. He would stay on for 36 seasons and would finally retire after the 1970 season. Iba would also double as the Athletic Director. He formed teams that practiced a man to man defense with team flow that has become known as the “Swinging Gate” defense that is still employed by teams around the world today.

The Villanova Wildcats rank 20th in All Time Winning Percentage (.637) among all NCAA Division I and have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 29 times, placing them eighth in NCAA History. They have appeared in the NIT 17 times, winning it in 1994.

Back in 1920, Michael Saxe began the basketball program and coached for six seasons compiling a winning record of 64-30 but it wasn’t until Alexander Severance signed on to coach the Wildcats in 1936 that the program rose to prominence. Severance posted a 413-201 record and he led them to their first ever NCAA Tournament game and Final Four. He would take them to three more NCAA Tournaments and two NIT Bids. One of the most famous players in Wildcat history was Paul Arizin, who is credited with inventing the Jump Shot and for scoring the most points in Villanova history (85).

The Wildcats have won the NCAA Tournament one time, (1985) and made it into the NCAA Final Four four times (1939, 1971, 1985 & 2009) and the Tournament Elite Eight twelve times. They have made the Sweet Sixteen eighteen times and have made the thirty times.