Obama give his prediction for the Beavs next year
by Noghri_ViR on Mar 18, 2009 12:21 PM PDT
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Craig Robinson, Obama's brother-in-law, is the coach at Oregon State and led the Beavers to seven Pac-10 wins in his first season, after OSU went winless in the league a year ago. Obama picked against five of the six Pac-10 schools in the first round, selecting 4-seed Washington (over 13-seed Mississippi State) as the one league team to advance.
"I want him to have an incentive, knowing that I think the rest of the Pac-10 can be taken next year," Obama said of Robinson's team, which earned a berth in the College Basketball Invitational with a 13-17 record. "I think the Beavers are on their way."
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Infrastructure Money for Gill
Mr. Obama – Oregon State needs a new practice facility for its basketball team and some cosmetic improvements to Gill. This is important infrastructure for the state of Oregon. Could you send us some of the trillions you are spending on infrastructure?
Robinson is recruiting a great crew:
Have you guys looked at Rivals.com recruiting or the Top-150 for 2009?
So far, the Oregon State Beavers have commit’s from 4 of the Top-150 players….
http://rivalshoops.rivals.com/viewrank.asp?SID=910&Year=2009&ra_key=1642
- Jared Cunningham PG 6’3"/170 San Leandro CA
- Roberto Nelson SG 6’4"/190 Santa Barbara CA
- Joe Burton C 6’7"/260 Hemet CA
- Angus Brandt C 6’10"/210 Lake Forest IL
From the Beavers team page, it looks like they have one other recruit who is 3-star that is committd as well:
Rhys Murphy SF 6’7"/185 Lee ME
Granted high school recruiting rankings like this are not FACT, but opinion… however I think it is important for Beaver Nation to respect the immediate influx of talent that one season of Coach Robinson is brining to Corvallis. From this, it is pretty easy to understand why his brother-in-law President Obama KNOWS that Oregon State is on the rise….
From the Beavers
by Portland Dynasty on Apr 1, 2009 12:27 PM PDT reply actions
Ranking #'s didn't show up on my post...
here they are:
Cunningham #70
Nelson #72
Burton #120
Brandt #146
by Portland Dynasty on Apr 1, 2009 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions
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8 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
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5 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
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California Golden Bears
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4 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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7 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
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UCLA Bruins
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5 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
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Utah Utes
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4 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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2 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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Washington Huskies
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8 | 2 | 15 | 7 |
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California Golden Bears
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7 | 3 | 17 | 6 |
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Oregon Ducks
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7 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
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Colorado Buffaloes
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7 | 3 | 15 | 7 |
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Stanford Cardinal
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6 | 4 | 16 | 6 |
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Arizona Wildcats
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6 | 4 | 15 | 8 |
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UCLA Bruins
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5 | 5 | 12 | 10 |
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Oregon St. Beavers
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4 | 6 | 14 | 8 |
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Washington St. Cougars
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4 | 6 | 12 | 10 |
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Arizona St. Sun Devils
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3 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
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Utah Utes
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2 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
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USC Trojans
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