Coach’s success comes with anxiety

OSU coach Brad Underwood slaps hands with Phil Forte III on Jan. 28 after Forte broke Oklahoma State's record for most career 3-pointers during a game vs. Arkansas. [PHOTO BY BRYAN TERRY, THE OKLAHOMAN]STILLWATER

Brad Underwood stood in OSU's Heritage Hall on Saturday night. The game was over. The buzz remained.

Underwood's Cowboys had lost to top-ranked Kansas 90-85 in a rousing Big 12 showdown, but Underwood didn't look or sound defeated. He talked defiantly and proudly about the future of OSU basketball.

“All I want for Oklahoma State basketball is for people to think of the program the way I do,” Underwood said. “Because I think it's elite. I want everybody else to think it's elite. I know…