Daily Bullets (Mar. 26): Pokes Lose Close NIT Game, Gundy Proposes Unique Bedlam Concept

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Scores

Men’s Basketball: UNT 61, Pokes 59
Baseball: Cowboys 9, Wichita St 5

OSU Bullets

• In a close finish, the Pokes saw their NIT run end with a two-point loss in the quarterfinals to North Texas (OKState.com)

• Mike Gundy spoke with the media (video here) and proposed a home-and-home spring scrimmage series with OU (PFB)

•  In an illuminating article, Berry Tramel spoke to former OSU assistants (anonymously) about what led to the 2024 trainwreck of a season for the Pokes: 

The assistant coach, who asked to remain anonymous, said the sudden demise of OSU football centered on two things, both of which actually went back several seasons:

1. Defensive coordinator;

2. Quarterback.

[TulsaWorld]

• Wild tidbit from last night’s NIT game – the reasoning behind OSU (the lower seed) hosting was around professors’ needing the basketball arena for an event (Denton RC)

• Spring football started for the Cowboys yesterday (X)

• Missed this from Wyatt Hendrickson’s big win – “Is there no one else?” (X)

• Lots of abbreviations here, but David Taylor’s first year was a smashing success: 

DT and company year 1:

-Signs RBY, Zahid & McKenna to RTC
-13-1 regular season record
-B12 Champ
-#2 recruiting class for 25
-Commitments from 2 of the top 3 of 26 Class
-6 All Americans
-2 National Champs (3 in the finals)
– 3rd place finish at NCAAs

This is all in a…

— The Low Single™️ (@TheLowSingle) March 24, 2025

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