Various Beavers notes
Oregon State AD Bob De Carolis released his latest Orange Perspective, which was the AD Report in the past. He talks about the basketball facility groundbreaking. Lost in the groundbreaking is that the wrestling team will have a new locker room. The wrestlers are now housed in one area. Their workout room was already attached...
Groundbreaking of basketball facility
The groundbreaking for the Oregon State basketball facility was Thursday afternoon. It’s was your basic ceremonial deal with all the congratulations to people. Here’s the GT story. And check out the above video of the first dirt being moved. Coach Craig Robinson talked about the school commitment to basketball, and he doesn’t have an excuse...
Draft info, golf breakthrough
The Major League Baseball draft is this week Monday-Wednesday. The Oregon State baseball team didn’t have anyone go in the first round Monday and nothing through the 10th. The Beavers don’t have many high-end draft eligible players this year. A handful should go with other signing as free agents. Stay tuned to see who goes...
My OSU male athlete of the year
I copped out for the first time with the year-end awards. I hate doing this, but I went with the co-winners for my Oregon State male athlete of the year. Two different athletes with different skills, but both were dominating. So basketball player Jared Cunningham and heavyweight wrestler Clayton Jack split my honors this year....
My OSU female sports coach of the year
Picking an Oregon State women’s sports coach of the year this year was difficult for me, just like it was for the men’s coach. There were some strong performances by teams that reflected good coaching. My pick eventually went to women’s basketball coach Scott Rueck. Gymnastics coach Tanya Chaplin is always a candidate with the...
PR machine going
Oregon State football coach Mike Riley and men’s basketball coach Craig Robinson will be out and about at special functions to talk to the well-paying fans about their teams. Four opportunities are called road shows and are scheduled for June 6 in Eugene, June 10 in Bend, June 12 in San Francisco and June 13...
Tournament talk
The Oregon State basketball teams await postseason invitations. That’s a much better position than recently when they knew the season was over after the conference tournament. In my New Year’s blog I predicted NITs for both the men and women. I still have a chance to be right, but that’s slim. The women appear to...
Hoops postgame presser
The Oregon State men’s basketball team’s run in the Pac-12 tournament ended in the semifinals. That was a pretty good showing. Check out the game story in Saturday’s GT. Here’s the postgame transcript. MODERATOR: Coach, some opening remarks, please? COACH CRAIG ROBINSON: “Well, first of all, I want to tell you guys how proud I...
Construction update
Read the latest on the construction on the turf of Reser Stadium and what’s going on with the Prothro Field remodeling in Monday’s GT. I reported this back in September, but now work is about to begin. Also, a quick update on the basketball practice facility. More fundraising is still needed before OSU can move...
OSU sports notes
First off, check out the latest photo from atop Reser Stadium looking at the construction of Oregon State’s new track facility. Of course it looks much more impressive when looking at my blog’s home page. Check out my story I did about the track this month for the latest update. Check out my story on...
My favorite athletes to cover
A Twitter follower asked me over the weekend who my favorite athletes to cover. I’m guessing he wants to know about the Oregon State guys, so that’s who I’ll address. I started covering the Beavers in the summer of 2004, so my picks are going to be since then. What I look for are great...
Pretty good weekend
The weekend turned out to very positive for Oregon State sports, starting with wins by both basketball teams in the Civil War. Football player Brandin Cooks took second in the 60 meters at the Husky Invitational with a school-record time of 6.81 seconds. Not bad for the first time running track in college and first...
