Daily Bullets

Hoops

Awesome story on Marcus Smart by John Helsley. And I don’t mean to soil it….but….I live in Dallas and, let’s just say, the difference in cost of living between Lancaster and Flower Mound is…um, immense. I still have a lot of questions. (NewsOK)

Ford: This is a fun group to coach and a fun group to be around. They’re young and they love to compete. I told ’em that if I talked about everybody who made a big play, I’d still be talking to ’em. It seems like we had everybody that played step up and make a play. (Big 12 Sports)

What OSU did to get back on track after Bedlam in Norman. (NewsOK)

[sees Marcus Smart at No. 2 overall…weeps softly]. (Big Lead)

Dana O’Neil on Marcus Smart: The Oklahoma State guard might be the most unheralded player in the country right now. (ESPN)

Some good notes from Saturday by Helsley. (NewsOK)

Bedlam photo gallery is so great. This one is my favorite. (NewsOK)

OSU atop the Big 12 power rankings. (ESPN)

Ford: Thank you for bringing the rowdy back. This is what Gallagher-Iba is supposed to look like. (NewsOK)

OSU up to #14 in CBS’ poll. (CBS Sports)

If Le’Bryan legitimately has this figured out then OSU is going to be so dangerous in the Dance: I know I’m bigger and I’m glad I can post up. I think that’s the best (part) of my game — posting up — so I’m going to try to use that to my advantage. (O’Colly)

Jenni Carlson on what Lon Kruger and Travis Ford have done to bring back Bedlam. (NewsOK)

Wow, Dave Hunziker calls Marcus Smart OSU’s “basketball messiah.” (Scout)

Football

The Big Lead corroborates the Glenn Spencer story. (Big Lead)

Ubben says OSU and TCU are definitely better than OU and Texas heading into 2013. (ESPN)

Shaun Lewis is the 6th best linebacker in the Big 12. (ESPN)

Which recruits could play right away? (NewsOK)

Updated IPF construction pics. (Coach Gundy)

Other

Great job by Anthony Slater here. Everything you need to know about OSU’s baseball series win. (NewsOK)

Spotlight on an OSU cross country runner. I would enjoy running races in Scotland about as much as I’d like getting smoked in the face by Shaun Lewis. (Big 12 Sports)

Wrestling advances at the NWCA National Duals regional. (okstate)

So many sports going on right now! (Tulsa World)

Cowgirls make it back-to-back wins in GIA on Saturday. (okstate)

Mike Yurcich on Twitter. Gundy already has him saying “gave great effort”!!

Having a blast in Stillwater ..our players gave great effort this morning and that fires me up big time!

— Michael Yurcich (@Coach_Yurcich) February 15, 2013

Nice stat.

Among power conference teams, Miami has the longest current winning streak at 12. #OKstate and Georgetown second with seven-game runs.

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 18, 2013

Yikes.

This is the best, dude asked a coach to hit his halfcourt shot for his tuition. Nylon.

Oh yeah, we still play football too (GOSH IT FEELS GOOD TO SAY THAT!!)

This looks good.