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Oklahoma State Basketball: Top five players to ever play for the Cowboys

By Andrew Miller

Dec 30, 2016; Stillwater, OK, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys mascot Pistol Pete motions to the crowd during the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gallagher-Iba Arena. WVU won 92-75. Mandatory Credit: Rob Ferguson-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 30, 2016; Stillwater, OK, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys mascot Pistol Pete motions to the crowd during the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gallagher-Iba Arena. WVU won 92-75. Mandatory Credit: Rob Ferguson-USA TODAY Sports /
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Dec 30, 2016; Stillwater, OK, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys mascot Pistol Pete motions to the crowd during the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gallagher-Iba Arena. WVU won 92-75. Mandatory Credit: Rob Ferguson-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 30, 2016; Stillwater, OK, USA; Oklahoma State Cowboys mascot Pistol Pete motions to the crowd during the game against the West Virginia Mountaineers at Gallagher-Iba Arena. WVU won 92-75. Mandatory Credit: Rob Ferguson-USA TODAY Sports /

The Oklahoma State basketball team has a storied history, and today we look at the top five players in the program’s history.

Oklahoma State has one of the most storied men’s basketball programs in all of college basketball. Since a committee formed to represent the Coaches Poll announced the 1945 OK State football team National Champions, and the OK State basketball team won national titles in 1945 and 1946, they became the first school to win a basketball and football national title in the same year. Recent years brought harder times on the men’s basketball program as former head coach Travis Ford had a difficult tenure with the team.

When considering players for this list, recognizing players today tend to spend less time in college than a few decades ago makes individual seasons matter that much more. Yet, OK State never had a big problem with players only staying in school for one season.

Many options to choose from so many good Cowboy teams makes this list extremely difficult but we managed to narrow it down to five players. Honorable mentions listed for the first three outside the top five are also included in this ranking. Fans are encouraged to share who they think the best players in OK State men’s basketball history are.

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