Thursday night couldn't have gone much worse for Oklahoma State in the context of their series with the Arizona Wildcats and the Big 12 tournament race. The Cowboys (34-19,16-12 in Big 12) dropped the first game of their three-game series with the Wildcats (129-32, 9-19), 7-4 at O’Brate Stadium. With the loss, the Cowboys dropped into a three-way tie for fifth place in the conference with Cincinnati and TCU. If there's good news, other action in the conference ensured that Oklahoma State can finish no worse than seventh place in the Big 12 standings when their series with Arizona concludes on Saturday. The bad news is if the Cowboys finish in that seventh spot, they'll surrender a top six seed that would have led to a Thursday game and then must begin their Big 12 Tournament schedule on Wednesday in Surprise, Ariz.…