Daily Bullets (Mar. 18): 2021 Cowboy Basketball Equals 2003 Carmelo Anthony’s Syracuse Team?

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OSU Bullets

• All of the 2003 Syracuse comps for this Cowboy Basketball team:

This team has a Syracuse 2003 feel to it—young, loose, talented, confident and led by a freshman star. Can Cade Cunningham pull a Carmelo Anthony and lead the Cowboys to the national title in his only year of college ball? The numbers are similar: Anthony averaged 22.2 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1.6 steals; Cunningham comes in averaging 20.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.4 steals. His supporting cast is bouncy and brash as well, with Kalib Boone in the Hakim Warrick role.

[SI]

• Great piece on Cade Cunningham and his daughter

• Can Cade take the Pokes for a deep run? 538 weighs in

• I was a bit shook seeing Jawun Evans, Cade Cunningham’s, and Marcus Smart’s numbers lined up against each other

• Pokes are just a single-digit favorite for their opening round matchup

• ESPN ($$$) listed the Pokes as one of their most vulnerable first round matchups for an upset (based on Liberty, not OSU)

• Cade Cunningham a finalist for the Wayman Tisdale Award

• According to William Hill Sportsbook, the Pokes are 30-1 odds to win it all – fun heading to that article, the Pokes are one of 20 teams likely to win it all

• Tylan wants to be like Dez – can imagine that impacted him coming to Oklahoma State.

Non-OSU Bullets

• Real story of St. Patrick is great
• Better husband tips from Dan Orlovsky

Opinion below is a little strong but understanding that people will make mistakes seems like a good bedrock awareness with humans (post isn’t about anything in particular)