The Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represents Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma in NCAA Division I men's basketball competition. (All women's teams at the school are known as Cowgirls.) The Cowboys currently compete in the Big 12 Conference. Since 1938, the team has played its home games in Gallagher-Iba Arena. Prior to 1957, the school was known as Oklahoma A&M College, and the teams were nicknamed the Aggies. On April 16, 2008, Travis Ford was hired as the men's basketball head coach at Oklahoma State, replacing the outgoing Sean Sutton.