Not much is expected from Oklahoma State this year.\u00a0 The Big 12 is in a state of flux but no one expects them to rise to the top nor should they sink to the bottom. <\/p>\n
Saturday December 10<\/strong> Oklahoma State<\/p>\n This might be a tournament team, or not, it will likely depend on whether they can get a big win or two somewhere along the way. \u00a0This is as big a stage as the Cowboys are going to get out of conference this year: \u00a0A Saturday afternoon game on the East Coast against a top opponent on national television. Don\u2019t blink Pokes.<\/p>\n For the Cowboys to have a chance they have to get a complete game out of Le\u2019Bryan Nash. \u00a0The fab frosh has a lot of talent but has been getting into foul trouble minimizing his effectiveness. \u00a0A trip to Big East country, where things are little more rough and tumble, might be just what he needs as he had an NBA body and doesn\u2019t shy away from using it. \u00a0It is going to be hard for OSU to compete if they don\u2019t play smart though because they are not very big or very deep.[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n Pittsburgh<\/p>\n The Panthers seem to have recovered from losing to Long Beach State at home earlier this season. \u00a0Now they will have to see is they can recover from injuries too, with top assist man and second leading scorer, Tray Woodall, out for a little while. \u00a0Guard Ashton Gibbs is one of the best scorers in the country but he is more of a catch and shoot guy so with Woodall out he might find it a bit more challenging. \u00a0Also, the Panthers have played at a faster pace in the early going, can they keep that up with a backup point playing significant minutes?<\/p>\n Even though they are playing more up tempo it might not be a bad idea to emphasize their size and bulk against OSU. \u00a0They should be able to dominate on the boards and make it tough for the Cowboys to score inside the paint. \u00a0Some think Pitt is a top team but I don\u2019t really see it. \u00a0If they are they should have little trouble dispatching the Cowboys unless Keiton Page finds his three point stroke.<\/p>\n Spread Pick: \u00a0Oklahoma State +6.5 Oklahoma State Cowboys (6-2) vs #14 Pittsburgh Panthers (8-1) Not much is expected from Oklahoma State this year.\u00a0 The Big 12 is in a state of flux but no one expects them to rise to the top nor should they sink to the bottom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":24482,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1415],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46415"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46419,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46415\/revisions\/46419"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Madison Square Garden – New York, NY<\/strong>
\n 2:30PM<\/strong>
\n Moneyline:<\/strong>
\n Spread: Pittsburgh -6.5<\/strong>
\n O\/U: \u00a0135<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nO\/U Pick: \u00a0\u00a0Over
\nScore Prediction: \u00a0Pittsburgh 74 – Oklahoma State 68<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"