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Why Mike Boynton Should Follow the Brad Underwood Turnaround Blueprint

Here’s 2017 Brad Underwood conversing with 2020 Mike Boynton:

2017 Brad Underwood, in his first (and only!) season at the helm of Oklahoma State, started 0-6 in Big 12 Conference play. 2020 Mike Boynton — you guessed it — is 0-6 in Big 12 Conference play. It’s not good!

Underwood and Oklahoma State did what almost no one thought they could: they turned it around. That year, they won nine of their next 10 conference games, punching an NCAA Tournament ticket despite a woeful start to league play. How’d Underwood do it? You’ll recall that offense he had with Jawun Evans was lethal — it ranked No.