2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team

The 2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team represents Oklahoma State University in the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 14th-year head coach Eddie Sutton. In 2002–03, the Cowboys finished 22–10 (10–6 in the Big 12 Conference).

2003–04 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
Big 12 Regular Season Champions Big 12 tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 4
AP	No. 4
Record	31–4 (14–2 Big 12)
Head coach	Eddie Sutton (14th season)
Assistant coaches	Sean Sutton Glynn Cyprien James Dickey
Home arena	Gallagher-Iba Arena
Seasons ← 2002–03 2004–05 →

2003–04 Big 12 men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Oklahoma State †	14	–	2		.875			31	–	4		.886
No. 12 Texas	12	–	4		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 16 Kansas	12	–	4		.750			24	–	9		.727
Colorado	10	–	6		.625			18	–	11		.621
Texas Tech	9	–	7		.563			23	–	11		.676
Missouri	9	–	7		.563			16	–	14		.533
Oklahoma	8	–	8		.500			20	–	11		.645
Iowa State	7	–	9		.438			20	–	13		.606
Kansas State	6	–	10		.375			14	–	14		.500
Nebraska	6	–	10		.375			18	–	13		.581
Baylor	3	–	13		.188			8	–	21		.276
Texas A&M	0	–	16		.000			7	–	21		.250
† 2004 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll^[1]

Preseason

Four transfers became eligible to play for the Cowboys this season. Joey and Stevie Graham transferred from the University of Central Florida, Daniel Bobik transferred from BYU, and John Lucas III transferred from Baylor University but did not have to sit out the required year after the Baylor University basketball scandal.

Regular season

The Cowboys won their first four games before traveling to BYU to take on Daniel Bobik's former team and Rafael Araújo, who gave the Cowboys their first setback of the year. After six more consecutive wins, OSU lost in a blowout in their its conference game against Bob Knight's Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lubbock. The Cowboys then won 11 straight conference games before falling in double overtime to Missouri. Oklahoma State won the regular season conference championship, finishing with a record of 14–2. Until 2018–19, it was the last time a team other than the Kansas Jayhawks won the Big 12 regular-season championship outright. (Oklahoma State and Kansas shared the title in 2004–05.)

Postseason

Oklahoma State followed up its regular season Big 12 Conference championship with the tournament championship. OSU received a #2 seed in the East Regional, where it defeated the #1 seed St. Joseph's University in the regional final with the game-winning shot coming from John Lucas III. At the Final Four, the Cowboys fell to Georgia Tech on a last-second shot by Will Bynum.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

No. Position Player 0   F Tremaine Fuqua 4   C Frans Steyn 5   G/F Marcus Dove 13   G Guy Ikpah 14   F Joey Graham 15   G John Lucas 16   G Kenneth Meek 20   G Daniel Bobik 21   G Stephen Graham

No. Position Player 23   F Ivan McFarlin 24   G Tony Allen 25   G Janavor Weatherspoon 32   F David Monds 33   F Jason Miller 35   G Brandon Elliott 42   F Terrence Crawford

Big 12 Conference standings

#	Team	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1	Oklahoma State	14-2	.875	31-4	.886
2	Texas	12-4	.750	25-8	.758
3	Kansas	12-4	.750	24-9	.727
4	Colorado	10-6	.625	18-11	.621
5	Texas Tech	9-7	.563	23-11	.676
6	Missouri	9-7	.563	16-14	.533
7	Oklahoma	8-8	.500	20-11	.645
8	Iowa State	7-9	.438	20-13	.606
9	Kansas State	6-10	.375	14-14	.500
10	Nebraska	6-10	.375	18-13	.580
11	Baylor	3-13	.188	8-21	.276
12	Texas A&M	0-16	.000	7-21	.250

Schedule

Big 12 Standing: 1st [1]
Date	Opponent*	Rank*	Location	Time^#	Result	Overall	Conference
Exhibition Games
November 12, 2003	Athletes First	#25	Stillwater, OK	7:00 p.m.	W 90–82	1–0
November 17, 2003	EA Sports	#25	Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 95–73	2–0
Regular Season Games
November 21, 2003	Northwestern State	#25	Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 90–62	1–0
November 26, 2003	Colorado State	#24	Tulsa, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 82–49	2–0
November 29, 2003	Pepperdine	#24	Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 84–82	3–0
December 3, 2003	Texas-San Antonio	#25	Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 83–53	4–0
December 6, 2003	Brigham Young	#25	Salt Lake City, UT	4:08 p.m.	L 76–71	4–1
December 16, 2003	Southeastern Oklahoma State		Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 93–46	5–1
December 20, 2003	Arkansas		Fayetteville, AR	4:05 p.m.	W 73–58	6–1
December 22, 2003	Texas–Pan American		Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 96–61	7–1
December 30, 2003	Samford		Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 65–50	8–1
January 3, 2004	Southern Methodist		Oklahoma City, OK	6:35 p.m.	W 89–54	9–1
January 6, 2004	Texas A&M-Corpus Christi		Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 84–52	10–1
January 10, 2004	Texas Tech		Lubbock, TX	3:00 p.m.	L 62–83	10–2	0–1
January 14, 2004	#11 Oklahoma		Stillwater, OK	7:04 p.m.	W 77–56	11–2	1–1
January 17, 2004	Kansas State		Manhattan, KS	6:04 p.m.	W 57–56	12–2	2–1
January 21, 2004	Colorado	#24	Stillwater, OK	7:05 p.m.	W 71–62	13–2	3–1
January 24, 2004	#16 Texas	#24	Austin, TX	3:00 p.m.	W 72–67	14–2	4–1
January 31, 2004	#13 Texas Tech	#18	Stillwater, OK	8:04 p.m.	W 70–66	15–2	5–1
February 3, 2004	Texas A&M	#13	College Station, TX	7:05 p.m.	W 91–79	16–2	6–1
February 7, 2004	Iowa State	#13	Ames, IA	12:47 p.m.	W 88–67	17–2	7–1
February 9, 2004	#12 Kansas	#10	Stillwater, OK	8:05 p.m.	W 80–60	18–2	8–1
February 14, 2004	Baylor	#10	Stillwater, OK	3:03 p.m.	W 91–58	19–2	9–1
February 16, 2004	Oklahoma	#7	Norman, OK	8:05 p.m.	W 65–52	20–2	10–1
February 21, 2004	Nebraska	#7	Stillwater, OK	7:00 p.m.	W 87–83	21–2	11–1
February 24, 2004	Missouri	#6	Columbia, MO	7:04 p.m.	L 92–93	21–3	11–2
February 28, 2004	Baylor	#6	Waco, TX	3:03 p.m.	W 72–65	22–3	12–2
March 1, 2004	#10 Texas	#8	Stillwater, OK	8:05 p.m.	W 76–67	23–3	13–2
March 6, 2004	Texas A&M	#8	Stillwater, OK	12:47 p.m.	W 70–41	24–3	14–2
Big 12 Conference tournament
March 12, 2004	Iowa State	#7	Dallas, TX	12:07 p.m.	W 83–75	25–3
March 12, 2004	Texas Tech	#7	Dallas, TX	1:07 p.m.	W 82–77	26–3
March 12, 2004	#11 Texas	#7	Dallas, TX	2:15 p.m.	W 65–49	27–3
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2004	Eastern Washington	#4	Kansas City, MO	2:22 p.m.	W 75–56	28–3
March 21, 2004	#24 Memphis	#4	Kansas City, MO	1:20 p.m.	W 70–53	29–3
March 25, 2004	#9 Pittsburgh	#4	East Rutherford, NJ	7:27 p.m.	W 63–51	30–3
March 27, 2004	#5 St. Joseph's	#4	East Rutherford, NJ	7:05 p.m.	W 64–62	31–3
April 3, 2004	#14 Georgia Tech	#4	San Antonio, TX	5:07 p.m.	L 65–67	31–4
*Rank according to AP Top 25 Poll. ^#All times are in CST. Conference games in bold.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	16	Joey Graham	Toronto Raptors ^[2]
1	25	Tony Allen	Boston Celtics ^[3]

References

1. 2019-20 Big 12 Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 26–30. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
2. . Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
3. . Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2009.