Daily Bullets (Mar. 12): Pokes Drop Big 12 Tournament Opener

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Scores

Baseball: Dallas Baptist 8, OSU 7

Basketball: Cincinnati 87, Cowboys 68

OSU Bullets

• Cincinnati avenged their loss in Stillwater on Saturday by running the Pokes out of Kansas City before Wednesday (PFB)

• Pokes fall to 20th-ranked Dallas Baptist squad in extra innings (X)

• Seeing last season’s Cowboy Basketball team compared to this one was encouraging: 

With that being said, through the Big 12 tournament, the 2024-25 Cowboys are 15-17 and finished the regular season 7-13 in Big 12 play. The 2023-24 Cowboys were 12-20 and had four conference wins. So, this season has been a step in the right direction, but it’s been a rollercoaster of highs and lows.

[PFB]

• Kind of fun – in an article highlighting the biggest stars of March Madness over the last 25 years, OSU took out No. 20 (Jameer Nelson) in the Elite Eight: 

 SJU was a controversial 1-seed that season for some — then went out and proved its worth by making the Elite Eight before falling to Oklahoma State in one of the better NCAA tourney games of the 2000s.

[CBS Sports]

• Congrats to Bryce Thompson on making honorable mention Big 12: 

.@B3thompson__ ➡️ All-Big 12 Honorable Mention#GoPokes pic.twitter.com/uLWpKSK4YQ

— OSU Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) March 10, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• Best individual TV performances of the 21st century • Retirement savings weapon of doctors and lawyers

• Podcast on how chain restaurants are consistent

This learning pyramid holds up:

Teaching is the best way to learn ‼️ pic.twitter.com/2NHhAJTOeA

— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) March 9, 2025