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[TulsaWorld]

Since you all are discussing this game, here's our recap of it (and photos too if you're interested)....

STILLWATER — He had just endured a two-hour maelstrom of highs and lows, a first half of dominance followed by a second half in which his Oklahoma State team threw the basketball to the other team more often than it made field goals in its own basket.

For coach Mike Boynton, though, with a roster that is now 50 percent freshmen, it was a win. So when Boynton was asked for his customary opening thoughts after the Cowboys squeezed out a 61-58 victory over Texas on Tuesday, only four words immediately came to mind.

“Damn, winning is hard,” Boynton said. “That’s what I think.”

The first two months of this season have been hard, so it’s only right that OSU’s (7-8, 1-2 Big 12) first conference win was no different. Against a Texas team (10-5, 2-1) that began Big 12 play fast with two victories last week, Oklahoma State combined its best all-around half of the season — the result being a 39-22 advantage at the break — with one of its poorest stretches of offense in 15 games.

Oklahoma State had more turnovers (seven) than field goals (five) in the second half. It got enough out of its defense to hold on and snag a much-needed conference win in front of 6,486 at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

 

[stormspencer]

Know your posters, kids!

Some make astute observations, others fly off the handle at a moment's notice.
Some will pump sunshine always, others are doom and gloom regardless.
Some always blame officiating, others would argue with a fence post.

I've watched both of the these teams play a few times this year and I don't think either squad is worth a damn. I don't need some computer algorithm to tell me that, just the two eyeballs I received at birth.

Texas has athletes, but few basketball players.
O-State doesn't have much talent, but they play hard.

Saturday's game was an Aggie delight in terms of snagging the win. We shot poorly and the game lacked any sort of flow. Every time the whistles disappeared for a stretch we took control.

We shot the lights out against them last year in Norman and our season slid into the ditch about a week later. I'm anxious to see what the rest of the conference slate holds. We play really solid D and we rebound like crazy, but I think our offense is lousy and it's going to keep most of our opponents in every game.

In closing, I believe that both Texas and O-State suck this year in basketball.

Another fantastic post!