Head coach Steve Lutz and the Oklahoma State basketball program will have a more loaded roster going into the upcoming 2025-26 season in the Big 12 this fall. Lutz and the Cowboys loaded up on proven transfers from the spring portal window earlier this offseason.
Oklahoma State landed one of the better transfer classes in the Big 12 this offseason for the spring portal window, including former Seton Hall guard Isaiah Coleman and LSU Tigers shooting guard Vyctorius Miller.
It appears that the Pokes have more talent top-to-bottom in the rotation than Oklahoma State had in Lutz's first year as the men's basketball head coach this past season in the 2024-25 campaign. If the Pokes can answer the question of who will be the primary ball-handler and how the minutes will be distributed in the core part of the rotation in the frontcourt coming off the bench, this team should be a sneaky group to watch in the Big 12 this upcoming season.
More likely than not, Oklahoma State will at least be out of the bottom of the basement in the Big 12 standings this season. Finishing among the top 75 teams in the nation in the RPI and KenPom rankings isn't out of the question for the Pokes in the Big 12.
Projected Starters
Kanye Clary, G (Junior)
Former Penn State Nittany Lions and Mississippi State Bulldogs junior transfer guard Kanye Clary was the first portal commitment for Lutz and the Pokes this offseason in the spring transfer window. Oklahoma State lost most of its backcourt production from this past season to the spring transfer portal.
If Clary can live up to his potential at Oklahoma State, he can be one of the better guard playmakers in the Big 12 this upcoming season. It was just a couple of seasons ago that Clary averaged over 16 points per game and three assists for Penn State in the 2023-24 campaign.
Can Lutz and the Pokes get the most out of Clary after he was dismissed from the Penn State program and only played just over a half dozen games at Mississippi State last season in the SEC?
Isaiah Coleman, G (Junior)
Junior guard and former Seton Hall Pirates sophomore guard transfer Isaiah Coleman is a bucket-getter in every sense of the phrase for the Pokes in the Big 12 this upcoming season. Coleman is a high-volume scorer who averaged over 15 points per game for Seton Hall in the Big East last season in 2024-25.
Coleman gives the Pokes exactly what Lutz and the Oklahoma State coaching staff needs with a bigger and more lengthy scoring guard who can score the basketball from multiple levels of the floor on the offensive end in the settled half court offense and out running the floor in transition.
Anthony Roy, G/W (Senior)
Former Green Bay, New Mexico State, and San Francisco senior transfer guard/wing Anthony Roy is one of the top transfers Lutz and the Pokes signed in the spring portal window earlier this offseason from the transfer market.
Roy was only a few games off from being eligible to be the nation's leading scorer last season for Green Bay at the three on the wing. He was limited to just under a dozen games played this past season for Green Bay due to an ankle injury, but he averaged a whopping 26 points per game in the last campaign.
The big question for Roy is whether he can stay healthy for the Pokes this upcoming season in the Big 12.
Christian Coleman, F (Senior)
Senior big man transfer Christian Coleman was an excellent rebounder and inside scorer near the basket for the UAB Blazers in the American this past season. Coleman should provide a real boost to Oklahoma State's offensive rebounding and physicality around the rim on both ends of the floor this season.
At 6-foot-8 and 205 pounds, Coleman brings an valuable combination of size and athleticism that can help Oklahoma State improve on the offensive glass and with rebounding on the defensive end of the floor this season.
Parsa Fallah, F/C (Senior)
Oklahoma State brought in some proven bigs with good size and the ability to score the basketball inside the paint on the offensive end in the spring transfer portal this offseason. Former Oregon State Beavers and Southern Utah senior center Parsa Fallah averaged over a dozen points per game in the last two seasons in the WCC and the WAC.
Fallah gives Oklahoma State another valuable inside scorer and offensive weapon who can get to the free-throw line.
The concern with Fallah in the Big 12 this upcoming season will be playing around the rim on the defensive end of the floor. Fallah hasn't averaged over 0.5 blocks per game in his collegiate career to date at Oregon State and Southern Utah since the 2022-23 season in the WAC.
Oklahoma State's frontcourt rotation should come down to a group rotation of three core players in the paint, including Fallah, Coleman, and senior forward Robert Jennings.
Key Reserves
Jaylen Curry, G (Junior)
Former UMass Minutemen sophomore standout guard Jaylen Curry was one of the best faclitators and shot creators at the one in the Atlantic-10 Conference in the past two seasons (since 2023-24). Curry averaged nearly four assists per game and just 1.4 turnovers this past season.
Posting an assist-to-turnover ratio over two-to-one is extremely impressive. Curry also did so while scoring the basketball frequently for UMass in the A-10 last season. He averaged a career-high 13.3 points per game this past season.
Curry scored over a dozen points in 18 games this past season for the Minutemen.
Vyctorius Miller, G (Sophomore)
It seems like Lutz and the Pokes have an unlimited group of immediate-impact scoring guards from the spring transfer portal earlier this offseason from back in April. Miller is another potent scoring guard for the Pokes and Lutz who can score in double figures if he gets the opportunity to consistently knock down shots as an off-ball scorer in the Big 12 this upcoming season in 2025-26.
Robert Jennings, F (Senior)
The additions of multiple immediate-impact frontcourt transfers in the big man rotation for the Pokes this upcoming season should be able to push Jennings to improve in the core part of the rotation. Jennings has the size and strength, at 6-foot-8 and 225 pounds, to successfully play bully-ball and rebound the ball effective for the Pokes in the paint on both ends of the floor.
Schedule Outlook
Oklahoma State's non-conference schedule has multiple marquee matchups against top-25-caliber foes from the SEC this upcoming season in November and December. Lutz and the Pokes face the Texas A&M Aggies and Oklahoma Sooners in Bedlam in two huge out-of-conference games against quality Quad 1-type teams from the SEC.
The Pokes also have exhibition games in a sort of preseason slate against the SEC and ACC against the Auburn Tigers (Oct. 15) and SMU Mustangs (Oct. 25).
Oklahoma State basketball outlook
If Lutz can keep this burnable group of transfers together for the upcoming season in the 2025-26 campaign, Oklahoma State should be a formidable team for the Big 12 slate. The Pokes have many more weapons and size and athleticism on both ends of the floor in the core part of the rotation than Oklahoma State and Lutz had last season.
Oklahoma State has a couple of opportunities to build early-season momentum in non-conference play if the Pokes can upset OU in Bedlam or the Aggies in the non-con in early November.