Daily Bullets (Mar. 15): Pokes Seeded for the Big Dance, Take One from No. 2 Vanderbilt

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Scores

Baseball Pokes 10, Vandy 6
Women’s Soccer: Cowgirls 4, North Texas 3
Equestrian: Cowgirls 11, Baylor 8

OSU Bullets

• Still reeling from the committee snubbing the Pokes with a four-seed, Kyle Cox lands the boat on the bright side: the Pokes are playing in March:

We’ve been waiting for so long to have something to care about by St. Patrick’s Day, and here we are. The Cowboys are a high seed in the Big Dance, have the field’s best player and are led by one of the hottest head coaches in the sport.

[PFB]

• Details around OSU’s first game in the NCAA Tournament released

• The Pokes took a game from No. 2 Vanderbilt yesterday preventing a series-sweep yesterday

• CBS’ preeminent bracketologist titled an analysis of seeds noting the Pokes got hosed

• Ten things to know about OSU’s first round opponent – Liberty

• Pokes made a shortlist of teams that made a bowl game and the NCAA Tourney – joining 17 others

• I’ll be dreaming about this for the next week or two:

Non-OSU Bullets

• This on the effect of the loss of third places and male friendship is terrific
• This “thanking diary” by a Thunder fan is great (on The Ringer)
• Excellent review of a book I’m looking forward to reading

-> Prayers and thoughts for Kyle Boone as he fights