Daily Bullets (Mar. 24): Cowgirls Lose to One Seed, Cowboys Taking Over Mets’ Lineup

Thanks for stopping by – here’s your daily dose of Oklahoma State sports news. 

OSU Bullets

•   Cowgirl Basketball drew a tough straw and lost to a dominant UCLA squad in the Big Dance last night, UCLA 87, Cowgirls 68

• Former Cowboy and current New York Mets phenom Carson Benge will start on opening day after being drafted in 2024 (ESPN)

• Highlighting a key observation from an article on PFB eulogizing this Cowboy Basketball team – the offense was incredibly bad. Still, the offense was the best since Brad Underwood was coaching Jawun Evans.

OSU’s defensive rating on KenPom was at 156 going into Sunday’s game. That’s the Cowboys’ worst standing in that rating since the first year KenPom has in its system — 1996-97. The defense was not good. In fact, you could call it bad. The Cowboys finished the year averaging 83.9 points a game. That’s the second-most an OSU team has ever averaged throughout a year, trailing the 85.7 points OSU averaged during the Brad Underwood year. [PFB]

• Details around the upcoming Sweet 16 for men’s basketball (247 Sports)

• Kudos to Dallas Baptist for knocking out a couple of Mets in the 2023 regional final in Stillwater – as well as a Double A second baseman for the Rockies:

Carson Benge and Nolan McLean: College teammates and video game partners at Oklahoma State (@OSUBaseball) in 2023 Both two way players in college Both drafted and developed by the Mets into two of the top prospects in the sport Now, both are on the Mets roster to open 2026 pic.twitter.com/J5XUiWtiND

— Joe DeMayo (@PSLToFlushing) March 23, 2026

Non-OSU Bullets

• Say less – laughter is playing a big role in kids and their dads’ bonding • The weaned soul and how to avoid overthinking (faith-based)