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2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball
Big 12 Regular season champions
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
CBNo. 14
Record41–18 (15–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob Walton (11th season)
  • Robin Ventura (1st season)
  • Justin Seely (6th season)
Home stadiumO'Brate Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Big 12 Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 14 Texas ‍†‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 42 – 22   .656
Oklahoma State ‍†‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 41 – 20   .672
West Virginia ‍†‍‍y 15 – 9   .625 40 – 20   .667
No. 5 TCU ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 11   .542 44 – 24   .647
Kansas State ‍‍‍ 13 – 11   .542 35 – 24   .593
Texas Tech ‍‍‍y 12 – 12   .500 41 – 23   .641
Oklahoma ‍‍‍y 11 – 13   .458 32 – 28   .533
Kansas ‍‍‍ 8 – 16   .333 25 – 32   .439
Baylor ‍‍‍ 6 – 18   .250 20 – 35   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 25, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1baseball


The 2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys played their home games at O'Brate Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They were led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his eleventh season at Oklahoma State.

Previous season

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Main article: 2022 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team

The 2022 team finished the season with a 42–22 record and a 15–9 record in the Big 12. In the 2022 Big 12 Conference baseball tournament, the fourth-seeded Cowboys made a run to the semifinals where they fell to fifth-seeded Texas in Game 7, 2–9. They earned an at-large bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, where they were seeded seventh overall and the top seed in the Stillwater Regional. There, the Cowboys were eliminated by second-seeded Arkansas.

Preseason

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Award watch lists

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Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year Source
Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year Juaron Watts-Brown RHP Sophomore [2]
Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year Juaron Watts-Brown RHP Sophomore [2]
Golden Spikes Award watchlist Nolan McLean U Junior [3]
Juaron Watts-Brown RHP Sophomore [3]

Big 12 media poll

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Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 TCU 61 (5)
2 Oklahoma State 59 (4)
3 Texas Tech 48
4 Texas 43
5 Oklahoma 38
6 West Virginia 28
7 Kansas State 17
8 Kansas 16
9 Baylor 14

Source:[4]

Preseason Big 12 awards and honors

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Preseason All-Big 12 Team[2]
Player No. Position Class
Marcus Brown 19 INF Junior
Nolan McLean 13 U Junior
Roc Riggio 7 INF Sophomore
Juaron Watts-Brown 23 RHP Sophomore

Preseason All-Americans

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Second Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Nolan McLean 13 U Junior Collegiate Baseball
D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown 23 SP Sophomore Baseball America
D1Baseball
Third Team All-Americans
Player No. Position Class Selector(s)
Nolan McLean 13 U Junior Baseball America
NCBWA
Roc Riggio 7 INF Sophomore Baseball America
D1Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown 23 SP Sophomore NCBWA

Sources:[5][6][7][8]

Schedule and results

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2023 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball game log
Regular season (37–16)
Postseason (4–4)
Big 12 Tournament (4–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record B12T Record
May 24 vs. (7) Oklahoma (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field L 5–9 James Hitt (6–1) Carson Benge (2–2) Carter Campbell (2) B12N/ESPN+ 7,406 37–17 0–1
May 25 vs. (3) No. 21 West Virginia (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 3–2 Juaron Watts-Brown (6–4) Carlson Reed (2–1) — B12N/ESPN+ 6,325 38–17 1–1
May 26 vs. (7) Oklahoma (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 8–3 Ben Abram (8–2) Will Carsten (1–3) — B12N/ESPN+ 10,745 39–17 2–1
May 27 vs. (6) Texas Tech (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 8–1 Brennan Phillips (2–1) Zane Petty (3–1) Bayden Root (1) B12N/ESPN+ — 40–17 3–1
May 27 vs. (6) Texas Tech (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field W 6–5 Gabe Davis (1–2) Brandon Beckel (5–2) — B12N/ESPN+ 13,532 41–17 4–1
May 28 vs. (4) TCU (2) No. 18 Globe Life Field L 5–12 Luke Savage (3–3) Ben Abram (8–3) — ESPN2 14,673 41–18 4–2
Stillwater Regional (0–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 2 (4) Oral Roberts (1) No. 16 O'Brate Stadium L 4–6 Caleb Isaacs (7–0) Nolan McLean (1–2) Cade Denton (13) ESPN+ 5,423 41–19 0–1
June 3 (2) No. 18 Dallas Baptist (1) No. 16 O'Brate Stadium L 4–18 Zach Heaton (5–1) Juaron Watts-Brown (6–5) — ESPN2 5,033 41–20 0–2
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Canceled
Bold = Oklahoma State team member
"*" indicates a non-conference game.
"#" represents ranking. All rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the Big 12 Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.
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Statistics

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Team batting

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As of March 24, 2023[10]
Team AB Avg. H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
Oklahoma State 738 .310 229 55 4 40 167 107 201 20
Opponents 704 .246 173 32 5 21 100 82 224 7

Team pitching

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Team IP H R ER BB SO SV ERA
Oklahoma State 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Opponents 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Rankings

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Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
Coaches'[11]88*13141315131316
Baseball America[12]152121181720171114
Collegiate Baseball^[13]121623241819141218
NCBWA†[14]141918151316131517
D1Baseball[15]91512131220171618

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Part of a doubleheader.
  2. ^ Non-conference game.

References

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  1. ^ "2022–23 Baseball Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c "TCU's Taylor, OSU's Watts-Brown Lead Big 12 Baseball Preseason Awards". Big 12 Sports.
  3. ^ a b "Cowboy Baseball Duo Lands On Golden Spikes Watch List". okstate.com. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "TCU Picked As Favorite In Big 12 Baseball Preseason Poll". Big 12 Sports.
  5. ^ "Collegiate Baseball announces 2023 Preseason All-American teams". NCAA.com. December 19, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  6. ^ Carter, Bo. "NCBWA unveils 2023 Preseason All-America Team". sportswriters.net. NCBWA. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  7. ^ "2023 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". d1baseball.com. January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  8. ^ Collazo, Carlos (January 30, 2023). "2023 Preseason College All-American Teams". Baseball America. Retrieved February 11, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023 Baseball Schedule". okstate.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  10. ^ "2023 Cowboy Baseball Cumulative Statistics - Team Statistics". okstate.com. Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  11. ^ "NCAA Baseball - Coaches Poll". USA Today. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  12. ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. February 10, 2023. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls". baseballnews.com.
  14. ^ "NCBWA Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  15. ^ "D1 Baseball: Rankings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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