In a recurring piece leading up to the start of the basketball season, we will examine the top 5 questions surrounding each Big 12 basketball team.

Today, the top 5 questions for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.

1)       Will Travis Ford's first full recruiting class bring a Big 12 championship to Stillwater?

2)       With the loss of Byron Eaton, yet 4 of the top 6 scorers returning, can the Cowboys continue to put lots of points on the board?

3)       How much better can James Anderson get?

4)       Obi Muonelo played out of position last year.  Will the right placement on the floor help the senior better his 12.7 ppg average from last year?

5)       OK State will be bigger this year... but also slower.  Will that hinder their ability to run with some of the Big 12 teams?

Check back tomorrow when we will ask Five Question For... Texas Tech basketball.

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Big 12 North: Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa State, Kansas State, Nebraska
Big 12 South: Oklahoma, Texas

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Cobbins said he chose OSU over offers from Oklahoma, Missouri, Memphis, Georgia Tech and New Mexico.

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Michael Cobbins, a 6-foot-9 power forward and OSU’s lone recruiting visitor for the weekend, gave the Cowboys his pledge before leaving Stillwater.

A four-star rated recruit and the No. 51 prospect overall by Scout.com, Cobbins is a senior at Palo Duro High in Amarillo, Texas.

"I was looking at the style of play and it’s similar to what we play now," Cobbins told the web site. "Once you get the rebound you go, and that’s how we play in high school right now."

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"Those two things were great sports moments," Ford said. "(I had) one on the positive side and one on the negative side... just great memories. Even the Duke game was a great learning experience."

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from NewsOK.com

Travis Ford was a point guard for Kentucky at the time and was on the floor when Laettner hit that shot. Yet, that’s not the most memorable sports moment for the Oklahoma State men’s basketball coach.                                                                    

"My biggest sports memory was one I was a part of," Ford said. "The LSU game, when we were down 31 points at LSU, with 15 minutes left in the game and we came back and won.

"That was maybe the biggest comeback in the history of college basketball."