#8 Oklahoma State vs. #10 Texas - 2004 Basketball Highlights

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Joey Graham scored 20 points, including a thunderous dunk on an alley-oop pass from John Lucas seconds before the buzzer, helping No. 8 Oklahoma State claim a share of its first Big 12 title with a 76-67 victory Monday night over 10th-ranked Texas. The Cowboys (23-3, 13-2) earned the top seed in the conference tournament and their first league championship since the 1990-91 Big Eight title, coach Eddie Sutton's first season back at his alma mater. Lucas, who finished with 14 points and seven assists, hit a layup with 44.4 seconds left that put Oklahoma State up 71-67. Ivan McFarlin followed that by chasing down Brandon Mouton and making a remarkable block on a breakaway layup - assuring Texas was through scoring for the night. Tony Allen had 19 points and eight rebounds for the Cowboys. Sutton passed Kansas' Phog Allen to move into ninth place on the all-time career coaching victories list with 747. Even Sutton, notoriously nailed to his cushioned chair during most games, spent much of the night on his feet for this hotly contested showdown. Hundreds of students camped outside of Gallagher-Iba Arena for two days, hoping to get a coveted seat for what amounted to the league's regular-season title game. Once inside, the raucous sellout crowd of 13,611 was fired up from the beginning and got louder as the final few seconds ticked off the clock. The fans roared after Graham's final dunk of the night and streamed onto the court by the hundreds to celebrate the improbable league championship.