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Big 12 Conference announces Oklahoma State men’s, women’s basketball schedules Thursday to come. Here’s the men’s basketball matchups for home-and-away, home and away games: Home-and-away: UCF, Ashton Slaughter Houston, Kansas State, Texas Tech and Utah Sports Editor Home: Arizona, Arizona State, Cincinnati, Colorado and Iowa State Oklahoma State’s Away: Baylor, BYU, hoops teams can start Kansas, TCU and West marking their calendars. Virginia The Big 12 announced The Cowboys get a all 16 teams’ men’s and home-and-away with new women’s basketball Big 12 foe Utah, and face in-conference matchups new conference opponents Thursday morning. AlArizona, Arizona State though there are no dates and Colorado at home, attached to the games, it while also traveling to gives Cowboy and Cowfamiliar spots like Waco, girl fans an idea of what’s Lawrence and Fort Worth,
among others. New head coach Steve Lutz’s inaugural season is a tough slate, as an already perennial conference adds more talent, not to mention the Cowboys’ roster turnover. Now, here’s the women’s basketball matchups or home-and-away, home and away games: Home-and-away: Cincinnati, Kansas and West Virginia Home: Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State and TCU Away: Baylor, BYU, UCF, Houston, Texas Tech and Utah The Cowgirls didn’t
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land any home-andaways with first-year Big 12 schools, but will host three newcomers in Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado and travel to Utah. After head coach Jacie Hoyt led the Cowgirls to the NCAA Tournament in her first season, they battled injuries and had a down year this past season. With some familiar faces returning and new faces entering for this upcoming season’s team, the Cowgirls will need to see how they’ll stack up in the new-look Big 12. sports.ed@ocolly.com
Payton Little The Big 12 Conference announced the men’s basketball schedule for OSU head coach Steve Lutz’s first season.
pervised. In their 2022 annual report, CPS estimated children younger than 15 accounted for 28% of the total injuries for that year. Ensure an Hayden Alexander adult is always present and able to help kids Staff Reporter light fireworks. Keep pets indoors and away from fireIt is that time of year works. Make sure your when flashes of red, pet is secure. Fourth of white and blue light up July is notorious for a the night sky in a blaze rise in pets going missof glory. ing after being spooked Fireworks are an by fireworks. American Independence Day tradition decorating Beware of sparklers the night sky in an array Sparklers can reach of colors accompanied temperatures of 2,000 by a rancorous chorus of degrees Fahrenheit, so booms. Still, as the fire- be careful when hanworks sound off, safety dling them and watch concerns rise. children closely. AlAccording to the ternatives to sparklers U.S. Consumer Product include glow sticks, Safety Commission, at bubbles and confetti least 9,700 Americans poppers. reported firework-related injuries, and eight Pay attention to lopeople died in 2023 as cal regulations a result of fireworks. Check if it is legal Although not every fire- to use fireworks in your work injury is related to area and apply for the the fourth of July, a vast necessary permits. majority are. Here are 15 tips to Check labels keep yourself and others When buying firesafe during this fourth works, double check of July holiday. they are labeled for consumer use and not Keep an eye on professional use. children and pets Kids should be either kept away from fireSee Tips on page 4 works or heavily su-
Courtesy OSU Athletics Former OSU head coach Frank Anderson helped lead Tennessee to a College World Series title.
Allen: Despite gloomy OSU tenure, Frank Anderson should still be embraced as notable program figure
Daniel Allen Staff Reporter
File Photo The Boomer Blast Fireworks Show, which is an annual Stillwater tradition, allows residents to enjoy fireworks without handling them themselves.
It’s been eight years since Oklahoma State Baseball has appeared in a College World Series. It’s been even longer
since OSU made the final stage of the postseason bracket and competed for a national title. But on Monday, OSU fans saw an old friend hoist the coveted championship hardware at the centerstage of college baseball’s promise land. Former OSU head coach Frank Anderson (2004-12), who now serves as Tennessee’s pitching coach, pioneered the Volunteers to their
first College World Series title in program history. And without Anderson’s pitching prowess and knack for developing the heck out of his arms, Tennessee likely wouldn’t have tamed the scorchinghot Texas A&M Aggies. Who, of course, were – key word “were” – led by Jim Schlossnagle. “Our (myself and head coach Tony Vitello) vision when (I was hired) was I wanted to win another
national championship,” Anderson said after the Volunteers’ 6-5 CWSclinching win Monday night. “I wanted to do it at a different school.” Mission accomplished. OSU fans might remember similar success on the mound – to an extent, at least. Anderson was a disciple of the legendary Auggie Garrido, serving as Texas’ pitching See Allen on page 2