Oregon State Wins Postseason Game(!), Moves on to Play Vermont in CBI Quarterfinals
by Jake Bertalotto on Mar 19, 2009 7:00 AM PDT
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It wasn't pretty, but Oregon State emerged from Gill Coliseum with a 49-45 win on Wednesday night in their first-round CBI tournament matchup against the Houston Cougars.
On paper, the two teams were very different, but on the court, Oregon State dictated the tempo. Houston did miss a large number of shots, which ruined the point of their fast-paced, run-and-gun Conference USA style,
With the win, the Beavers proved they belong in a post-season tournament, moving their overall record to 14-17 on the year. They'll now advance to host Vermont Monday at Gill Coliseum.
"I was not sure about that one for awhile," Coach Robinson said after the game. "It is good for these guys to get into tournament play, playing a new opponent. It is great for the program; it is great for those guys in the locker room, great for the staff and great for the university. We are really excited about this."
Daniel Deane led the Beavers in scoring with 14 points off the bench. He was 7 of 7 in the game-- it seemed like everything he touched turn to gold. Omari Johnson added 11, also off the bench.
The Beavers didn't shoot the ball particularly well at all in the first half, making just 6 of 23 shots. But in the second half, the Beavers found a groove, going 11 for 21 on their way to a 33 point half.
"We saw something that was available and guys just executed it," said Coach Robinson. "We didn't have time to go over it at halftime, we just talked about it, and those guys came out and executed it brilliantly."
Whatever 'it' was worked-- the Beavers scored 33 points in the second half after scoring just 16 points by halftime.
"The thing I am most proud of with these guys is their defense. This is a team that averages 80 points a game, and we got them down to 45."
The win over Houston marks the first non-Pac-10 post-season tournament victory since the Beavers knocked off New Mexico 85-82 in the NIT Tournament after the 1986-87 season. The Beavers will now move on to play Vermont in the quarterfinals of the CBI. That game will be played Monday at Gill Coliseum.
--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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Tough first half and fun second half
Nice win for this team once again. Sure not like we are ripping up the NCAA as a Cinderella and making national headlines, but for everything this team put into this season it was great to have them win a postseason game at home. Funny thing is that many of us were like what the hell was that first half, but thinking about it for some reason the OSU defense schemes just throw teams off and we’ve been here before this year, so just imagine that same of defense throwing off teams and a really solid offense. I think this could be coming in the next couple years.
Someone mentioned it looked like a Jay team and in many ways it is really since these players have been thrown into a ton of new situations, so think about how amazing it is this team can come out in the second half and win a game when they were so far off, and the John J. teams of the last couple years would not hold Houston to 19 first half points and 45 total points. Appreciate what this team is doing people!
Deane! Johnson! Wow, even though I was yelling for Roeland and Calvin to find that midseason spark it was still pretty nice to have the other two step up and let’s just admit it that the maligned Deane (I was one of the critical voices) won the game for us last night.
Heck, I’m looking forward to some more basketball!
-RVM
Very tempted to, but...
Just not a good time of year for me right now with the term winding down and need to get ready for the next one, if it was later in the break, sigh…
I don’t know how this CBInvite works but if we win Monday and host another one I will try my best to go. I tell you it sucks listening to it only on the radio and being a home game!
You going?
-RVM
I know it is terrible
but this whole postseason thing caught me off guard, didn’t expect it at all!
-RVM
that’s probably because your men’s basketball team’s record is deserving of a 500 ft restraining order from any and all post season tournaments.
by WhenDUXattacK! on Mar 21, 2009 9:51 PM PDT up reply actions
Congratulations
Just wanted to send a quick congratulations to you and your team for the win over UH.
A couple of more wins and you might even finish with a .500 record! YA!
Good luck against Vermont.
Not at all
Thanks for the compliment…
If you would have read the post yesterday on Building the Dam you would know I wasn’t being bitter at all. But, I guess that’s asking too much.
For the rest of you out there, I still maintain my wishes of “good luck against Vermont”
by Septimus Rex on Mar 19, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
Fill Gill on Monday!
I was there last night, and I’m a little hoarse today. The place was FLAT in the first half (granted, there wasn’t a lot of excitement) but made some noise in the second. I thought it was cool that the ushers came around at about the time of the first TV timeout and told everybody they could move down to fill empty seats. We need more people there on Monday, making more noise! Hopefully, this win will bring in some of the skeptical/critical types.
I saw two guys come out in Beaver duds with the players, but they weren’t warmups. I figured they were recruits for next year. I thought one was Cunningham. Don’t know who the other guy was. White guy, but didn’t look tall enough to be Angus. Maybe Rhys Murphy?
My impression of the first half was that I’d seen cleaner play in self-officiated street ball games. The refs were just letting the guys play, and weren’t calling ANYTHING. It got pretty ugly!
Anyhow, better an ugly win than a pretty loss. GO BEAVERS!!!
He's a great player but I'm kind've relieved...
I mean, all the check cashing and scandal surrounding his transfer was making me second guess the kid. Coach Robinson had to have seen a big red flag somewhere because it appears he offered Rhys Murphy instead. Oh well. Hope the kid tears it up with WKU and gets away from the apparently bad influences he’s surrounded by right now.
Yep, kind-of knew what the ducks felt
With everything surrounding B. Brown and football. Would have been exciting with the obvious talent but just too much baggage surrounding the recruit to make me feel good about it all.
-RVM
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