Daily Bullets (Mar. 17): Cowgirls Clinch NCAA Birth, Pokes Get NIT Bid

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

Scores

Softball: Cowgirls 3, Houston 0 Baseball: West Virginia 8, Pokes 6

OSU Bullets

• The Cowgirls are dancing – the committee evaluated them in the top 30 nationally and they’re playing a squad Jacie Hoyt is familiar with (PFB + 247 Sports)

• The Cowboys dropped their Big 12 opener at home last night, while the Cowgirls took out Houston (PFB)

• The Pokes got a bid to the NIT and host a game tomorrow night – how does that happen when you finish with a losing record? The College Basketball Crown will take four Big 12 teams ahead of the NIT (PFB + FOX Sports)

Oklahoma State is in the NIT and will host Wichita State at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Gallagher-Iba Arena. The Cowboys are one of four Power Five squads in the 32-team field, joining Georgia Tech, Stanford and SMU. [PFB]

• CBS Sports is projecting Cade Cunningham as second-team All-NBA (CBS Sports)

• Loved this from Cowgirl pitcher Ruby Meylan:

“Coach (Gajewski) and I talked about it,” Meylan said. “He (told me), ‘Go out there and do this for Stillwater.’ And I fell in love with this place in the short time I’ve been here. So, today was just for the people of Stillwater.” [O’Colly]

• Cowboys are a four-seed in the NIT:

Behold, the #NIT2025 bracket.

The road to Indy starts Tuesday night. pic.twitter.com/fLk4FwzhQN — NIT (@NITMBB) March 17, 2025

Non-OSU Bullets

• Get your printable March Madness bracket here

• Atlas with a smile (faith-based)

Can you imagine OKC’s record if they were an Eastern Conference team?

The Thunder is 24-1 against the East. OKC’s five remaining games against the East are all at home: vs. Philly, vs. Charlotte, vs. Indiana, vs. Chicago, vs. Detroit. No team has ever gone 29-1 against the other conference (or 28-2 for that matter).

— Joe Mussatto (@joe_mussatto) March 17, 2025