STILLWATER – Some good news came out on Wednesday afternoon regarding Oklahoma State basketball’s appeals process on the postseason ban. According to a report from ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions has put a stay on the Cowboys postseason ban pending an appeal.
Lunardi also stated that had the news came out yesterday, ESPN would’ve been ranked as a No. 8 seed in ESPN’s latest Bracketology. As it is, ESPN will start including the Pokes in the upcoming Bracketology rankings.
Now, this doesn’t mean the committee won’t come out in the coming months leading up to the NCAA tournament and deem the Pokes ineligible.
According to a source close to the program, the committee has put off the first in-person meetings and interviews with Oklahoma State until the first week of Feb. Members of the athletic department will travel to Indianapolis at that time to meet with the committee to plead their argument against the punishment. They can’t bring any more evidence to try and argue their case, just argue against the punishment.
The Cowboys will be back on the floor this coming Saturday against Wichita State in Wichita, KS. Tipoff is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. CT on ESPN+.
