The Best Oklahoma State Basketball Players to Wear Each Number (0-30)

Between 0 and 99, there aren’t many numbers a former Cowboy or Aggie hasn’t worn in history.

The basis of this is Oklahoma State’s media guide. Its all-time roster has numbers for most players (not every), so if there is someone you remember from way back in the day that should be on this list but isn’t, it’s likely there wasn’t a number listed. One of those players without a number listed was 1952 All-American Don Johnson. There are also players who wore multiple numbers that you might see a few times in this list.

After at least 90 scans through the all-time roster on the media guide, here are the best basketball players to wear each number in Oklahoma State/Oklahoma A&M history.

0: Jean-Paul Olukemi (2010-13)

Olukemi dominated in his first season at Oklahoma State. He averaged 11.1 points per game in his freshman season and looked primed for a solid career before injuries derailed the latter stages of his collegiate experience.

00: Byron Eaton (2005-09)

Part of what was supposed to be the best recruiting class in program history, Eaton came to OSU as the No. 18 recruit in the 2005 cycle. That put him behind fellow OSU commits Gerald Green (No. 1) and Keith Brumbaugh (No. 12), but neither of those guys suited up for the Cowboys for entirely different reasons.

Eaton started 113 games in four seasons with the Cowboys. In his senior season, he averaged 14.3 points, 5.7 assists and 2.2 steals a game. He made the All-Big 12 second team as a junior and the third team as a senior.

1: Jawun Evans (2015-17)

There was a heated discussion on whether Evans would make PFB’s wine cellar team, as he went on to beat out Doug Gottlieb as the squad’s point guard for his stellar sophomore season.

Evans was on campus for just two seasons, but he was outstanding in his 54 games played. Evans averaged 16.6 points and 5.8 assists a game in his career. He was an All-American as a sophomore, and he was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2015-16.

Honorable Mentions: Maurice Baker, Cezar Guerrero, Kendall Smith

2: Le’Bryan Nash (2011-15)

Our tightest race so far has Nash edging out Obi Muonelo. Nash was the No. 8 recruit in the 2011 recruiting class and wasn’t meant to be in Stillwater long. Plans changed as Nash spent all four seasons with OSU. Nash made either made an All-Big 12 team or was an honorable mention in each of his four seasons.

In his senior season, Nash averaged 17.2 points and 5.7 rebounds a game, both slightly better than Muonelo’s 13.3 points and five rebounds per in his senior season.

Honorable Mention: Obi Muonelo

3: Daniel Lawson (1999-2001)

No one has donned the No. 3 since Lawson did in the 2000-01 season. Lawson played in just 19 games in his college career before he died in the 2001 plane crash that has come to be known as Remember the Ten. Lawson was 21.

4: Mario Boggan (2005-07)

After a year at Florida, Boggan transferred to Oklahoma State and dominated in two seasons. In his final year, Boggan averaged 19 points and 7.6 boards a game. He was an All-Big 12er in both of his seasons in Stillwater.

Honorable Mentions: Glendon Alexander, Brian Williams

5: Marcus Dove (2003-08)

Dove might have not been an elite scorer, but he was a dog on the defensive end. Dove won Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2007 and 2008 and was on the conference’s all-defensive team in 2006.

Honorable Mentions: Victor Williams, Tavarius Shine, Corey Williams

6: Jack Lyon (1944-45)

Only five people in program history have donned No. 6, according to the OSU media guide. Three of those players were named Jack, and no one has worn it since 1959.

Certain numbers, including 6, 7, 8 and 9, are no longer allowed per NCAA rule. It’s an archaic law that has to do with the officials being able to show the scorers table with their fingers. The thought is in an official held up a five on one hand and a one on the other, it could be construed as the number 51. I guess pointing at a guy doesn’t work.

So needless to say, it’ll be slim pickings for a bit.

Lyon gets the nod at No. 6. Despite not lettering in his time in Stillwater, his timeline puts him on campus as the start of OSU’s back-to-back national championships, so being around greatness gives him the go-ahead.

7: Weldon Kern (1944-46)

A two-time national champ, Kern was selected to the Missouri Valley Conference first time in 1946.

8: Bud Millikan (1939-42)

The Helms Athletic Foundation named Millikan an All-American in 1942 when he scored 116 points in Oklahoma A&M’s 20-6 season.

9: Auddie Hall (1944-45)

According to the OSU media guide, four players have worn No. 9 but none of them lettered. Hall, a 6-foot-2, 192-pound guard from Clarita, gets the nod for being there in the championship era.

10: Phil Forte (2012-17)

Before splashing home 3s in the No. 13 jersey, Forte spent time in No. 10. Forte was an All-Big 12 second-team selection in 2015 and was an honorable mention in 2017. His 329 career 3-point makes is the most in school history.

Forte switched to 13 when it was decided that 10 would be retired with its significance to the Remember the Ten tragedy.

11: Arlen Clark (1956-59)

Another number that has since been retired in remembrance of the late Nate Fleming, 11 was worn by Clark, a two-time All-American. The Helms Athletic Foundation named Clark a third-team All-American in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. As a junior (57-58), Clark averaged 17.3 points and 6.6 rebounds a game. He averaged 20.4 points a game as a senior, the second-best scoring average in program history at the time.

Clark also wore No. 54 in his time in Stillwater.

Honorable Mention: Nate Fleming

12: Bob Mattick (1951-54)

Another two-time All-American, Mattick was a first-team selection in 1952-53 and 1953-54. He averaged 20.7 points and 11.2 rebounds a game as a senior. Mattick is tied for 19th on the program’s all-time scoring list with 1,378 points, a crazy stat given the time period he played in. His 772 rebounds are seventh in program history, another wild stat.

13: Phil Forte (2012-17)

The first two-time selection on this list, Forte gets the nod ahead of Isaac Likekele (for now) because of the listed reasons above, mainly the program-record 329 3s.

Honorable Mention: Isaac Likekele

14: Joey Graham (2002-05)

An All-American as a senior in 2004-05, Graham averaged 17.7 points and 6.2 rebounds a game that season. OSU won 57 games in the two years Graham was on campus. He went on the be the No. 17 pick in the 2005 NBA Draft to the Toronto Raptors.

15: John Lucas (2003-05)

Part of the same teams that won 57 games in two seasons, Lucas was an All-American in both of his seasons as a Cowboy. In those two seasons, Lucas averaged 16.3 points and 4.3 assists a game. He was named Big 12 Player of the Year in 2004.

Honorable Mention: Randy Rutherford

16: Carl Williams (1932-34)

Williams is the only player to wear No. 16 in program history, according to the media guide. Like Nos. 6, 7, 8 and 9, 16, 17, 18 and 19 will be hard to come by because officials are unable to signal those numbers with their fingers.

Williams was a 6-foot-1, 175-pound forward from McCurtain, Oklahoma. McCurtain is a town of 516, according to the 2010 census.

17: Joe French (1932-33)

French, a Stillwater native, is the only player in program history to wear No. 17. French was listed as a 6-4, 195-pound center.

20: Jesse “Cab” Renick (1938-40)

Renick was a first-team All-American in 1938-39 and 1939-40. In his senior season, Renick averaged 7.7 points a game, which might not seem like a lot, but put it into context that Oklahoma A&M had an overtime game that season against George Washington that ended 38-33.

Honorable Mention: Adrian Peterson, Sean Sutton, Michael Cobbins

21: Lindy Waters III (2016-20)

Somewhat surprisingly, there weren’t a ton of uber-successful 21s to choose from, and Waters gets the nod. Waters averaged 9.5 points and 3.6 rebounds a game during his career. He finished 11th in program history in 3-pointers made with 177.

Honorable Mentions: Scott Sutton, Stephen Graham, Eli Johnson

22: Markel Brown (2010-14)

One of the more fun Cowboys to watch with a clear lane in recent memory, Brown was an All-Big 12 selection as a junior and a senior. As a senior, he scored 17.2 points per game.

23: James Anderson (2007-10)

Anderson was a first-team All-American in 2010 after averaging 22.3 points and 5.8 rebounds a game. He was also the Big 12 Player of the Year that season. He left after that junior year and was selected 20th in the NBA Draft by the San Antonio Spurs.

Honorable Mention: Ivan McFarlin

24: Tony Allen (2002-04)

Allen was an All-American and the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2004. That was a year after being the conference’s Newcomer of the Year. Allen averaged 15.3 points, 5.5 rebounds and two steals a game in his two seasons at Oklahoma State.

Honorable Mention: JamesOn Curry, Howard “Skip” Iba, K.C. Kincaide

25: Leon Bruner (1931-34)

A 5-10, 160-pound guard out of Oklahoma City, Bruner was an All-Missouri Valley first-team selection in 1933.

This is another thin number in OSU’s history. An honorable mention goes to Darrell Williams for what could have been if not for a sad story all around that saw him go to jail for three months for an alleged sexual assault. The court decision was later overturned in the Oklahoma Court of Appeals.

Honorable Mentions: Darrell Williams

27: Sam Aubrey (1941-43, 1945-46)

A national champ, Aubrey was an All-Missouri Valley first-team selection in 1946 as a senior. He was a 6-4, 195-pound center from Tulsa.

Honorable Mention: Harry Fenimore

28: J.L. Parks (1944-46, 1947-49)

Parks was on Oklahoma A&M’s back-to-back national championship-winning teams. He then served a one-year stint in the army during World War II and came back to become an All-American in the 1948-49 season. He averaged 6.7 points a game that season.

30: Jeffrey Carroll (2014-18)

A two-time All-Big 12 selection, Carroll averaged 17.5 points per game as a junior and 15.4 points per game as a senior while averaging more than six rebounds in both of those seasons.

Honorable Mention: Don Haskins