Daily Bullets (May 22): Pokes’ Opening Game at Big 12 Tournament Tonight, Signee Asks Out of Letter

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news.

OSU Bullets

• Cowboys play tonight at Globe Life Field tonight in the Big 12 Baseball Tournament at 7:30pm CST on Big 12 Now/ESPN+ (Big12Sports.com)

• OSU’s only high school signee in the most recent men’s basketball class asked out of his letter of commitment (PFB)

• 247 Sports ranked OSU as the second-best program to never make a College Football Playoff appearance:

Mike Gundy won more games than most Power-conference head coaches over the last two decades with the Cowboys including one conference title (2011), but doesn’t have a final four-trip to show for it. [247 Sports]

• A Cowboy offensive line commit invited to the Army All-American Bowl (X)

• Love this take – what fast food is your college football team? Oklahoma State = Braum’s (X)

Non-OSU Bullets

• A south Mississippi BBQ joint won the world barbecue championships – how do you make this as a stop on a Florida beach trip? • Bring out her best (faith-based) The Thunder have officially landed on building their new arena across the street north from the current Paycom Center – where the Cox Convention Center is:

Oklahoma City and the Thunder have a development agreement in place to build a new $950M arena for the team after their proposal was approved by a 7-2 vote during a Tuesday morning city council meeting. [Sports Business Journal]