Daily Bullets (March 21)

Can Doug be brought home?

Carson and I talked to Doug Gottlieb for an hour on Sunday about why he’d rock the head coaching position at OSU. [PFB]

Mike Holder’s wife wants to bring him back to Stillwater. [PFB]

I wrote about how Fred Hoiberg provides the blueprint for such a thing. [PFB]

OSU Coaching Search

Five things we learned from Mike Holder. No. 1 is that Travis Ford did not get fired simply because of this last season. [Tulsa World]

OSU is keeping two recruits and losing one after the Ford news. [NewsOK]

Here is my realistic list of candidates headlined by Gregg Marshall. [PFB]

Really interesting stuff here about how quickly this could happen and how Mike Holder reads “message boards (and) the internet.” [Tulsa World]

Mike Holder called every player and recruit OSU has as well as their parents. He also gave them his cell phone number in case they’re hearing rumors and get uncomfortable. [NewsOK]

Mike Holder’s comments (as usual) are very impressive. [NewsOK]

Berry Tramel made a bracket. Doug Gottlieb is a No. 3 seed. [NewsOK]

This is important to remember: It’s also important that whoever is hired is given time to succeed. Again, whether it’s Doug Gottlieb or Buzz Williams, it’s hard to win games in the Big 12, especially on the road. It is also true, though, that if you keep Jawun and Phil and get one or two decent transfers, you could pretty easily make the NCAA Tournament. [CRFF]

Brad Underwood, leading candidate?

John Helsley on why Brad Underwood would be a good fit in Stillwater. [NewsOK]

Robert Allen calls his shot with Brad Underwood. I think he’s probably correct in that assessment. [Go Pokes]

Why you shouldn’t want Brad Underwood because of his NCAA Tournament success. [PFB]

NCAA Tournament

Berry Tramel on the UNI meltdown is great. UNI’s coach, by the way, is No. 2 on my non-Doug candidates behind Buzz Williams right now. [NewsOK]

I watched it. It was insane.

ICYMI, Texas A&M's rally from 12 down w/less than 1:00 to play is the largest last-minute deficit overcome to win in college hoops history.

— David Worlock (@DavidWorlock) March 21, 2016

The Wisconsin shot might have been even better though. [CBS]

Buddy gonna Buddy. Dude can go. [CBS]

Top 10 moments from the opening week of the NCAA Tournament. UNI is involved in the top two. [CBS]

Football News

Robert Allen says Larry Williams is looking good at guard. That’s paramount. [Go Pokes]

OSU picked up a new commit over the weekend. [PFB]

Here is OSU’s old deep snapper snapping a soccer ball through a basketball hoop. Full court. [PFB]

Baseball News

Oklahoma State nearly swept Michigan over the weekend. [O’Colly]

Some spectacular photos here. [okstate]

Wrestling News

Penn State won the wrestling title and it wasn’t that close. [ESPN]

Two Pokes won individual titles. John Smith called one of them one of the five best to ever wrestle at OSU. [PFB]

Photos from the final session. [okstate]