Men's Basketball
Hollywood couldn’t have come up with a much better script than the one that played out for the Connors State Cowboys in 2024-25. In the words of head coach Bill Muse (803-265) “It was just a remarkable, remarkable season.”
The Connors State College men's basketball team opens a new season on Monday November 3rd as a Top 5 nationally ranked team.
The Connors State College Cowboys men's basketball team has been picked to win the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference in the 2025-26 OCAC Men's Basketball Coaches Preseason Poll, announced by the league on Wednesday.
Connors State head men's basketball coach Bill Muse has announced the Cowboys' 2025-2026 schedule. This season, he will embark on his thirty-fourth campaign at the helm of the Cowboys with a career record of 803 Wins and 265 Losses.
Connors State College added one transfer and signed four prep standouts announced head coach Bill Muse Monday morning. The current class includes Marcus Britt Jr (6-4, G, Forrest City High School), CJ Lee (6-2, G, Mendocino College), Ace Clemons (6-8, F, South Central Prep), DaShawn Ransome (6-6, F, Oklahoma City Douglas High School), and Peter DaCruz (6-9, F, The Knox School)
One of the most electric players in college basketball during the 2019-2020 NCAA season, former Connors State College Cowboy standout Mason Jones will be playing with the Sacramento Kings NBA Summer League team in the NBA 2K26 Summer league in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Connors State's Head Men's Basketball Coach Bill Muse and La Salle Head Coach Darris Nichols announced on Friday the signing of Cowboys' forward Edwin Daniel to a National Letter of Intent.
DJ Dormu has signed to play basketball for Tarlton State University Texans, it was officially announced today by Connors State's Men's Basketball Head Coach Bill Muse and Tarlton State Head Coach Billy Gillispie.
Connors State's Edwin Daniel, 6-9 forward from the Bronx, New York has been named a Third Team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American, it was announced in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Head Coach Bill Muse has reasled the 2025 Summer Camp Dates. The dates for the Individual Skills Camp is July 7-10. Shooting Camp Dates are July 11-12. Both Camps are Co-Ed. The Individual Skills camp will begin at 9:00am and end at 3:00pm during camp, while regestration for Skills Camp will be at 8:30am on the first Day of Camp. The Shooting camp will take place on Friday Night from 6:00pm to 10:00pm and then come back on Saturday Morning and run from 9:00am to 3:00pm. Regestration will take place at 5:30pm on Friday Night.
The Connors State College Cowboys and Head Coach Bill Muse have released their Team Camp dates for May 29th and 30th with games beginning each morning inside Melvin Self Field-House.
The Connors State warmups read “This one’s for Momma Muse” and that mantra was the rallying cry for three months. Connors became the Cardiac Cowboys at the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championships this past week but saw the ultimate dream escape in the title game with a 69-61 loss to Trinity Valley,Texas, Community College on Saturday in Hutchinson, Kansas. But what a run by the Cowboys.
The glass slipper is strapped on tight for the Connors State men. The No. 17-seed Cowboys rallied from 12 points down with 5:05 left to defeat No. 8 Daytona State Wednesday 66-65 in the quarterfinals of the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I Men’s Basketball Championship tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.
DJ Dormu had three of his game-high 16 points from 35 feet away at the buzzer to push Connors State past top-seeded Snow College 63-62 in second round of the NJCAA Division I basketball championship tournament Monday.
Connors State went back and forth with John A Logan College and posted an 80-75 win over John A Logan College in the opening round of the National Junior College Athletic Association National Championship Tournament Saturday in Hutchinson, Kansas.
Connors State Cowboys punched their ticket once again to the NJCAA National Championship basketball tournament this past weekend. Not an unusual event in itself as coach Bill Muse has taken 10 previous teams to Hutchinson. But this year will certainly be one of the most memorable for the veteran coach and his son and assistant coach Bill Muse Jr.
