Daily Bullets (Jan. 27): Gundy Lands His Guy, Avery Anderson Lights Up GIA in Loss

Yesterday was sort of a great news/bad news kind of day with Derek Mason coming on board and a close loss to Iowa State to go with Jarrick Bernard-Converse heading back to Louisiana.

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Scores

MBB: Iowa State 84, Pokes 81 (OT)
WBB: Sooners 84, Cowgirls 58

OSU Bullets

• Mike Gundy pulled a massive coup and locked up Derek Mason to be the next defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State

• Jarrick Bernard-Converse completed the SEC trade (Mason was recently at Auburn) and is headed back home to Louisiana to finish his career

• Five Thoughts on the Derek Mason hire in Stillwater – landing a proven coach is such a win but this is where my mind first went:

The Cowboys put up some historic numbers in 2021 under Knowles, and with the losses on that side of the ball (more on that below), replicating that success will be tough to do in Mason’s first year.

[PFB]

• Five Thoughts on the OT loss to Iowa State

• John Smith met with the media yesterday and gave an update on AJ Ferrari

• Cade Cunningham and Michael Jordan now share a statistic (let that sink in)

• This is the short-term question to ask about Mason – let’s see that turnstile start turning the other way with guys coming into Stillwater:

• Pokes will take on the Sooners at 11am a week from Saturday at GIA:

Non-OSU Bullets

• Substitution and exchange
• Treat your to-read pile like a river, not a bucket

This Twitter thread on habits was good – love the one about not trying to remember anything: