Originally published at: Five Thoughts on Oklahoma State’s 86-81 Victory against Northwestern
The Pokes could be closing in on a ranking.
While it was great to see the pokes go to 7-0, that was a brutal game to watch, for two reasons. Shots just not going down until the final ten minutes, and some seriously pathetic officiating. I thought I’d lost my chili for the umpteenth time and had seen just about everything after about ten missed calls (including a called foul against Christian Coleman on a three where he literally didn’t touch the shooter), until their brutish #2 chest-bulldozes into Curry, knocking him completely to the ground with no call, followed by an open two. Seriously, I couldn’t believe the home cooking.
Anyway, it’s great to see them pull out a close win against a power conference school in a tough officiating atmosphere. Sure is fun watching hoops again. Should be undefeated heading into the game against the land thieves.
And they won’t be ranked in the top 25, not for a few weeks, and only if they win over that span. They only got two votes in the latest AP poll. There is some serious ignorance nationwide about this team. Just as well. They’ll keep winning.
We have a real chance of going into bedlam (Grand Canyon scares me though) undefeated. Get past Bedlam and we just might be 13-0…this, wrestling, and getting Coach Morris: 2026 is gonna be fun!