This time last year Oklahoma State fans needed a ray of hope. Anything would have done, really. OSU was coming off a 12-20 season (3-15 in the Big 12), and GIA was so quiet you could have heard Mike Gundy’s mullet bounce off his shoulders had he walked through during a live game.
Poke fans used to thrilling, high-flying, defensively-aware hoops were getting second helpings of Chris Olivier post-ups and Jeff Newberry trying to create off the dribble. I love those guys, but it was not a high-water mark in Oklahoma State hoops history.
The place needed a defibrillation.