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On March 20, 2016, Brad Underwood’s team lost an NCAA Tournament game by one point. The next day, he joined another school.

On March 18, 2017, Brad Underwood’s team lost an NCAA Tournament game by one point. The next day, he joined another school.

Saturday, Underwood’s brief time as OSU’s men’s basketball coach shockingly ended. After one season in Stillwater, he left the Cowboys to join Illinois.

Underwood’s Cowboys went 20-13, their season ending Friday in a 9291 loss to Michigan that came only 25 hours before ESPN’s Jeff Goodman reported Underwood was heading to Illinois.

March 21, 2016, a day after a one-point loss to Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament, Underwood’s three-year tenure at Stephen F. Austin came to an end as he joined the Cowboys.

Two days later, Underwood was introduced to an energized crowd in

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Former OSU men’s basketball coach Brad Underwood, left, poses with Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman on Saturday.

Gallagher-Iba Arena. He spoke of his admiration for OSU’s history, for legendary coaches Eddie Sutton and Henry Iba, for the arena he stood in.

“It takes years and years to develop tradition, and the Ibas and the Suttons, that’s as big as it gets,” Underwood said then. “We are privileged. You are privileged. I am privileged to be here because of them, and that means a great deal to me. “… I couldn’t be happier.

My heart’s filled with joy because I’m here.”

In a statement Illinois released Saturday, Under-

wood spoke of his new employer with the same admiration he did at OSU as if it were a game of Mad Libs.

“Coaching basketball at the University of Illinois is a once-in-lifetime opportunity,” Underwood said in the statement. “During my time at Western Illinois, I always saw the Illinois coaching job as one of the truly best in the nation.”

“I’m a fan of history and the tradition,” he added in his first meeting with Illinois media shortly after landing in the state. “Illinois basketball is special, and the timing is absolutely

perfect.”

A member of OSU’s athletic department said Underwood met with OSU Athletic Director Mike Holder about 2:45 p.m.

Saturday and resigned.

They both briefly spoke with players who were still in town to inform them.

At 3:05 p.m., Goodman tweeted Illinois hired Underwood.

Several inside OSU’s athletic department were left in the dark until the news appeared on social media.

“I found out the same way you did,” a source in the athletic department said.

“We all did.”

Underwood walked on Eddie Sutton Court for the first time as OSU’s coach nearly a year ago with a sly smile and an orange tie.

Then, 362 days later, many in the Stillwater and OSU communities were left stunned that Underwood will never walk those steps with that title again.

“We are saddened and disappointed in Brad’s decision to leave Oklahoma State after one year,” Holder said in a statement issued Saturday afternoon.

“We are trying to digest this news.”

Underwood was Holder’s dream selection for the position a year ago. The job had opened up after Travis Ford’s eight-year tenure saw attendance dwindle in GIA. After making $1 million in his first year with OSU, Underwood will triple that salary at Illinois, signing a six-year deal for more than $3 million per year, according to ESPN. Illinois or Underwood also must pay $3 million to OSU, per Underwood’s contract with the university.

Doug Gottlieb, a CBS Sports analyst and former OSU point guard, tweeted a “There’s no place like home” GIF from “The Wizard of Oz” on Saturday.

Gottlieb was considered a candidate for the position last year, backed by a ferocious “#BringDougHome” campaign from fans. Gottlieb told the O’Colly last year he received no formal interview with Holder and his lack of coaching experience likely kept him from getting the job.

Gottlieb appears to be

in the running to be the Cowboys’ coach again, the campaign back in full swing. But like the rest of the OSU community, Gottlieb is surprised the position is even open in the first place.

“I was stunned,” Gottlieb told the O’Colly in a phone interview Sunday morning. “You knew, if somebody’s a good athletic director, they’re going to make a call, but he swore to everybody who would listen that this is the place that he wanted to live and raise his family and spend the rest of his coaching career, and I believed it.

“I wasn’t surprised at all that (Illinois) would offer him; I was stunned that he would accept it.”

Like Gottlieb, many in Stillwater are left with questions. The Cowboy family, of which Underwood is no longer a part, thought it had all the answers 362 days ago.

Nathan Ruiz is a sports media senior from Reno, Nevada. He can be reached at investigations@ocolly.com.

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After the news broke minutes before first pitch, Oklahoma State baseball coach Josh Holliday didn’t stop hearing about it.

Brad Underwood is no longer OSU’s men’s basketball coach, as it was announced Saturday

he would be Illinois’ next coach, much to the shock of Stillwater and anyone who pays attention to college basketball. Those in attendance at Saturday’s OSU baseball game struggled to stop talking about the move in the same way they struggled to comprehend it.

“I could hear it in the stands the whole game,” Holliday said.

Holliday is in his fifth year at the helm of the baseball team, but that doesn’t begin to account for his time in Stillwater. The son of Tom Holliday, a former Cowboys’ coach, Holliday grew up at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.

He is an OSU baseball Hall

of Famer and a former assistant coach before returning later in his career to lead the Cowboys.

There are few, if any, members of OSU’s athletic department who know the university like Holliday. So when he says something about it, it’s near impossible to disbelieve.

“This is a great place to coach and a great place to raise your family,” Holliday said after Saturday’s game.

“There’s no doubt about that.”

He’s right. And who’s to say Underwood didn’t recognize that? He spoke of OSU in the same manner Holliday did, though all told,

he spent less than a calendar year on its payroll.

Underwood went to Illinois for nearly triple the salary he was getting at OSU, according to ESPN. Holliday wished his former compatriot the best of luck, but he knows what Underwood left behind.

The young men and women in athletic uniforms are the true representation of OSU, not their coaches.

“It’s the kids that play the games,” Holliday said. “We could turn around, walk out of here tomorrow. This program belongs to the kids.

That’s the same way our basketball program is, and the kids that are in it will do

fine, and we’ll hire a great coach.”

Thursday, I left GallagherIba Arena for the last time without a degree in hand.

As the Cowgirl basketball team’s season ended in the first round of the WNIT, seniors Katelyn Loecker and Diana Omozee cried as they sang the alma mater one final time.

After the game, Omozee, tears still building in her eyes, spoke about how much her time as a Cowgirl meant to her.

“Just being a studentathlete at OSU has taught me so much about discipline and time management and holding myself at a higher

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OSU is not a university built around individuals, and the Cowboy basketball team was not built around Brad Underwood. It’s about the players, the fans, the history.

It’s about the community.

Holliday is right.

In the end, OSU is not about the people who leave.

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Potential Brad Underwood replacements hefty price tag, though. It is unclear whether he would take a pay cut to coach again; he was paid $3.2 million in 2016-17 at Indiana.

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After the departure of Brad Underwood to Illinois on Saturday, the Oklahoma State men’s basketball team will look for its third coach in as many years. Here is a list of potential candidates.

James Dickey

Tom Crean

Crean recently coached at Indiana, guiding the Hoosiers to an 18-16 season before being fired after nine seasons at the helm. He was at Marquette from 19992008 until he took the job at Indiana. He led the Golden Eagles to the Final Four in

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Former Oklahoma State guard Doug Gottlieb is one of the fan favorites to fill OSU’s vacant coaching position.

2003 and coached Dwyane Wade and Steve Novak.

Crean runs an up-tempo offense and aggressive defense similar to the principles

Underwood ran in 2016-17.

He has an overall record of 356-231 (.606) and is 11-8 in the NCAA Tournament.

Crean would come with a

Dickey has been an assistant coach on OSU’s staff since 2014. He was the Texas Tech coach from 1991-2001 and Houston’s from 2010-2014. Dickey led the Red Raiders to the NCAA Tournament in 1993 and 1996. He has a 228-186 (.551) record. Dickey could be a candidate based on his experience, and his familiarity with the OSU program helps his case.

Doug Gottlieb

Gottlieb is a fan favorite to land the job. Gottlieb is well known throughout Stillwater for his time in a Cowboy uniform, playing point guard for Eddie Sutton’s squad from 1998-2000. He has already expressed interest in the job with a reported text to OSU Athletic Director Mike Holder shortly after Underwood announced his departure. Many considered Gottlieb to be the runner-up to Underwood last season for the job, so maybe this is his time to come home.

Gottlieb has been interacting with fans on Twitter saying what he would do if he were to become OSU’s coach,

such as changing the uniforms and running certain plays. Gottlieb is currently a sports analyst and broadcaster for CBS Sports. He has been an analyst since 2001 and has worked with CBS and ESPN. Gottlieb has no coaching experience at the college level, though his father was a former coach and an assistant coach under Sutton when Sutton was at Creighton.

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coached Stillwater’s junior high and was an assistant for the Pioneers before becoming Bishop Kelley High School’s (Tulsa) coach. After six years at Bishop Kelley, he spent four years as an assistant for Oral Roberts before being named coach in 1997. He’s currently Southern Illinois’ coach and has a career record of 281-218 (.563). Hinson’s name was mentioned in the coaching search last season, but it never gained traction.

His connections to Stillwater and experienced coaching career could help land him in orange and black.

Gregg Marshall

Marshall, Wichita State’s coach, is one of the best coaches in the collegiate game, and he has never

Cowboy Basketball coached at a major conference school. Marshall has built perennial winners at Wichita State and Winthrop, beating major programs in the NCAA Tournament and having an unbeaten regular season in 2014. Marshall’s teams have won 29 or more games in six of the past 11 seasons. His past four Wichita State teams have gone 77-6 in Missouri Valley Conference play, and they are 10-4 in the past four NCAA Tournaments, including a 2013 Final Four appearance. Marshall would also be an expensive hire, as he made $3 million in 2015-16, according to USA Today. Marshall has remained committed to Wichita State and the town for his tenure, but he’s a big name on many schools’ coaching boards.

Scott Sutton

Scott Sutton is the most successful coach in Oral Roberts history. He has the most wins of any coach in school history and has a 328-247 (.570) record since 1999. Sutton is the son of former OSU coach Eddie Sutton, and he played at OSU from 1992-94.

He helped lead the Cowboys to the NCAA Tournament both seasons. Sutton is a three-time Summit League Coach of the Year and was a Clair Bee National Coach of the Year finalist in 2007. His ORU teams made the NCAA Tournament three times in the mid-2000s but have a record of 22-39 the past two seasons

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