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Oklahoma State Cowboys New-look team has some growing up to do
Last season27-7, 12-4 Big 12 (NCAA quarterfinals, lost to Florida)
CoachEddie Sutton (11th season, 229-95; 659-259 overall)
Projected starting lineup
G Maurice Baker, 6-1, Jr.
G Victor Williams, 5-10, So.
F Terrence Crawford, 6-6, Fr.
F Andre Williams, 6-7, So.
F Fredrik Jonzen, 6-10, Jr.
Top guy off the benchF Antoine Broxsie, 6-9, Jr.Minnesota transfer has 7-foot-3 wingspan; missed most of redshirt year with a knee injury.
Key gamesvs. Arkansas (Dec. 2 at Tulsa). Sutton faces the team he coached from 1975-85.at Kansas (Feb. 10). All Big 12 contenders must run through Roy's boys. at Oklahoma (Mar. 3). Final regular-season game could tilt Big 12, NCAA seeding.
OutlookAt 64, Sutton must be wondering if he's running a basketball team or a nursery. He's lost 81.9 percent of his scoring and 70.3 percent of his rebounds -- eight letterwinners in all, including Desmond Mason, Brian Montonati, Joe Adkins and Doug Gottlieb. Even the old Gallagher-Iba Arena is gone, replaced by a newer, larger version. Sutton will be the first to admit that things could look rocky at first for his seniorless squad, but aside from Arkansas and UNLV, the early season provides enough patsies for this infant team to learn to walk. Whether the Cowboys can run in the Big 12 remains to be seen, but don't bet against a coach with eight 20-plus victory seasons in Stillwater. --Adam Thompson
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