Some Beavers notes
Check out the above video of an upcoming project to help promote Oregon State athletics. It’s baseball season, so check out this link to see where former Beavers are playing pro ball. The groundbreaking for the basketball facility is coming up Thursday. Check out the event details here. In other men’s hoops news, the Beavers...
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...
Pink Out on tap
The Oregon State’s gymnastics and women’s basketball programs teamed up for the sixth annual Pink Out Breakfast and Silent Auction on Feb. 18, in the Club Level of Reser Stadium. The event begins at 10 a.m. with a silent auction and breakfast. All proceeds collected from the breakfast and silent auction will be donated to...
Non-football predictions
The New Year brings the bulk of the non-football sports at Oregon State, so let’s look into the crystal ball. Overall, things are looking up for the Beavers. Many of the programs are making improvements. So here we go. Men’s hoops The Beavers are off to a great start, but stumbled at the start of...
Hoops video
Here’s a video update from the Beavers Without Borders group. It’s on the sports blog because it’s basketball related. Enjoy.
Cliff: De Carolis looking ahead
I talked with Oregon State athletic director Bob De Carolis a day after he fired women’s basketball coach LaVonda Wagner. The tone was about moving forward for what was best for the university. And of course that means money. Here are the bullet points. The full story will be in Thursday’s GT. Here’s the full...
Cliff: Getting ready to build
The Oregon State athletic department put in their RFPs (request for proposal) to get the construction bids in order for the basketball practice and track facilities. However, Beavers officials stress that this doesn’t mean construction is close. Fundraising isn’t complete. The RFP is a future step that is being taken care of now so when...
Cliff: Pac-10 hoops honor
The Pacific-10 Conference will honor 10 former men’s basketball players with their induction into the Pac-10 Men’s Basketball Hall of Honor during the Pac-10 tournament in March. They are Mike Bibby (Arizona), Jeremy Veal (Arizona State), Earl Robinson (California), Kenya Wilkins (Oregon), Dave Gambee (Oregon State), John Arrillaga (Stanford), Reggie Miller (UCLA), John Block (USC),...
Cliff: Saturday football reading
The Oregon State football pregame/game blog for you to comment or ask questions will be up soon after I get to Reser Stadium this afternoon. To get you in the mood, here’s some reading material. Here’s a link to my main story in Saturday’s GT. It’s on the need for OSU to get its running...
Cliff: Football schedule change, hoops TV
The Oregon State football team’s road game with Washington next season is expected to move to the last game of the season on Dec. 4, instead of being Oct. 16. Washington updated its schedule with the change, but OSU sports information director Steve Fenk said it has been talked about but not finalized. Athletic director...
Cliff: OSU football notes
The Oregon State football team will not leave the Pacific Time Zone this season. The road trips are to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Berkeley, Pullman and Tempe during the time of year it’s still on West Coast time. The last time that happened was 2003 when their road trips, other than those in the Pacific-10...
