‘Steve Lutz Has a Sneaky Roster’: College Basketball Insider Discusses Oklahoma State

The college basketball season is still a little ways away, but one insider had some nice things to say about the group Steve Lutz has assembled this week.

Talking on the Inside College Basketball Now podcast, Jon Rothstein did an early Big 12 breakdown complete with a power ranking of the conference. Say what you will about Rothstein having tweeted 168,600 times, but you can’t question his dedication to the college basketball world. In a world full of players moving from one team to the next, he’d probably have a better idea than most at this point in regards to which teams have a shot at being good in the 2025-26 season.

Rothstein had Oklahoma State at 11 in his Big 12 power ranking. That’s not immaculate, but it is higher than the Cowboys have finished the past two seasons since the league expanded from 10 teams. And while the ranking might not allude to it, it sounds like Rothstein thinks highly of the Cowboys.

“Steve Lutz has a sneaky roster at Oklahoma State,” Rothstein said. “This guy, as we know, went to the NCAA Tournament at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, went to the NCAA Tournament at Western Kentucky, and I believe there will be a day sooner rather than later where Steve Lutz will get Oklahoma State into the NCAA Tournament.”

Rothstein singled out a handful of OSU players when discussing the Pokes.

The first was Mississippi State transfer point guard Kanye Clary. A 6-foot-1 guard from Virginia, Clary started his college career at Penn State. He spent two seasons at State College, and in his sophomore year, he averaged 16.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists a game while shooting 38% from 3 and 81% from the charity stripe.

Clary played just seven games at Mississippi State last season, averaging 6.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists a game.

He recently sat down with Dave Hunziker, where Hunziker asked Clary to describe his game.

“I would say you got a fast, shifty point guard who can score at all three levels but also can run a team, get people involved,” Clary said. “I change pace. I feel like I can dictate the flow of the game. You’re gonna know I’m out there. When I’m on the court, you’re gonna know I’m out there.”

Next, Rothstein took note of Green Bay transfer Anthony Roy. A 6-foot-5 guard, Roy can fill it up. He’s had a winding college journey that has seen him at three other Division-I schools (San Francisco, New Mexico State and Green Bay) as well as a year at junior college Wenatchee Valley and another at NAIA Langston.

But no matter where Roy has been, he’s left the basket filled. He played just 11 games at Green Bay last season under OSU alum Doug Gottlieb where Roy averaged 25.7 points a game while shooting 43% from deep. He scored 30 or more points in five of those 11 games.

The year before that, he was an NAIA All-American at Langston and the Sooner Athletic Conference’s Player of the Year after averaging 18.4 points a game and shooting 42% from 3.

LSU transfer Vyctorius Miller also got a hat tip from Rothstein. Listed at 6-foot-5, Miller was a four-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class and chose LSU over offers from USC, Oregon, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Auburn and others. As a freshman in Baton Rouge last season, Miller averaged 8.9 points a game while shooting 32% from deep. He scored in double figures 11 times as a freshman including a season-high 20 against Mississippi Valley State.

Lastly, Rothstein took note of Seton Hall transfer Isaiah Coleman. This upcoming season will be Coleman’s junior year after spending two with the Pirates. In his final season in New Jersey, Coleman averaged 15.6 points and 5.3 rebounds a game.

“I think there’s a real chance — it wouldn’t shock me if Oklahoma State finished better than the 11 spot,” Rothstein said.

Rothstein called TCU his Big 12 sleeper, but he also included the Cowboys in his discussion about the matter.

“I think there’s a window for the TCUs and the Oklahoma States to make a move towards the middle of the Big 12 standings,” Rothstein said.

It feels like it’s been a while since OSU has even had this sort of buzz going into a season.