Oregon State 65, Stanford 62: The Journey Continues with CBI Semifinal Win
by Jake Bertalotto on Mar 25, 2009 9:07 PM PDT
in Oregon State Men's Basketball
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The 2008-2009 Oregon State Men's Basketball season seemingly continues to get more and more and surreal with each passing moment. The Beavers now find themselves in the CBI Championship series after Craig Robinson's club knocked off Stanford 65-62 Wednesday at Gill Coliseum.
The incredible run Oregon State has experienced in the post-season marks the first time the team has won three post-season games since the Beavers went to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament after the 1962-63 season. The Beavers defeated Seattle, San Francisco and Arizona State that year... this year, it's been Houston, Vermont, and Stanford.
The Beavers and the Cardinal got off to a hot shooting start in the game. Stanford led the charge, converting on five of ten three-pointers in the first half, but the Beavers countered with four of nine from deep. The Beavers were silenced for a six minute stretch towards the end of the first half, but the Beavers, down four at one point, went on a 6-0 run in the last two minutes of the half to take a two point lead into the locker room.
The Cardinal sent the game to overtime when Lawrence Hill hit a fallback jumper from 15 feet out as time expired in regulation. He was able to collect a rebound that went right over the hands of Roeland Schaftenaar after Anthony Goods missed a three pointer that would have potentially won the game for Stanford.
That shot by Hill and the near-rebound by Shaftenaar 'demoralized' the team in the eyes of Coach Rob... they felt that there was no way the game should have gone to overtime after Oregon State held a six point lead with 2:39 left.
The obvious momentum swing allowed Stanford to jump out to a quick lead in overtime: the Cardinal led 61-56 with two and a half minutes remaining in the extra period. Roeland Schaftenaar then hit a three-pointer and a layup and Seth Tarver added a layup a part of a 9-1 run that Oregon State amassed on their way to a three-point victory over their fellow Pac-10 counterpart.
With the win, the Beavers move to 16-17 overall on the season. If they manage to win two straight games in next week's championship series, the Beavers will finish the season with a better-than .500 record.
The Beavers had three players in double-figures: Lathen Wallace with 16, Schaftenaar with 14, and Calvin Haynes with 10. Anthony Goods scored 20 for Stanford, and Lawrence Hill added 14.
Oregon State has now won CBI games by margins of 4, 1, and 3 points, respectively, and have played into overtime twice in the past two games.
Said the coach: "These games are taking a toll on my longevity."
I can only imagine what the players are feeling. They'll get Thursday and possibly Friday off to rest. Coach Robinson said that "at this point, they know what to do. They don't need practice or conditioning." He knows that rest, rest, and more rest is important right now, and he's reminding his guys to have fun, but not too much fun-- there's still work to do.
It will be UTEP for the Beavers in the Championship Series, which begins Monday at Gill Coliseum.
--Jake (jake.buildingthedam@gmail.com)
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Woo Hoo!!
O. S. U. Oregon State Fight Fight Fight. O. S. U. ….
Go Beavers!!!
I thought we were done in OT
I thought we had the chance in regulation and especially how Stanford came out in OT. I should have known.
This is reposted from the game thread and I still think this:
It is official this Beaver basektball team is one of my favorite teams from OSU sports.
Sure we didn’t win the Pac-10 or anything or make some sweet 16 run in March, but this team just keeps impressing over what they should be doing.
Sure there are some great football and baseball seasons that are much better in terms of quality seasons, but I have nothing but respect for what they have done this year.
-RVM
That tying shot from Stanford was rough. I couldn’t believe it.
I don’t think I’d call this team one of my favorites but I definitely have a lot of respect for it. These guys are gutting it out and really doing the best they can with not a lot. Sure, we can sit around and talk about how the CBI isn’t a top notch tourney, but truth be told NO ONE in the CBI wants to lose and NO ONE is laying down. All these teams want to keep playing and this is great experience for our guys going into next year. I have a lot of respect for this team. They’ve raised the bar.
Yes, thought a lot about it before calling them one of my “favorites” because there are so many good teams over the years in all sports, and I am old enough to remember some of those great Ralph Miller teams.
But of recent years I will say this team for what they have done and how they have energized Beaver basketball again they are one of (my many) favorites. Again, is this team as good quality wise as the 2007 baseball team or the 2000 and 2006 football teams? Nah, and those are my personal favorites and in the end I still very much like those teams better because of what they did in winning the championship and the bowl games. But in lesser way this team is very much like those two teams in that they have dug very deep to keep things going and winning when things have looked bad (except for 2000 is really a different animal all together when you get down to it), and I really like that in a team.
-RVM
Wow
What an amazing game. The Beaver Dam should be packed on Monday with the students coming back from Spring Break.
Possibly three more games after these games
That’s just crazy. I hope this team doesn’t pass out half way through the second game.
-RVM
a bit of correction though
with the Stanford win, Beavs are now 16-17
so win Monday, they will have a 0.500 record
win on Wed, they will have a winning record
Determination
One thing that needs to be brought up is this teams grit and determination!
I’ve been to the Houston and Stanford games during the post season and although at times it’s been sloppy (1st half of the Houston game was a challenge to watch!!) this squad of Beavers has found something during this run, heart! They just don’t give up and last night proved it. Regardless of the outcome of the finals, coach Rob and this team have earned my respect! I can only hope the momentum started this season will carry forward and bring OSU Beaver basketball back to the consistency it once had.
Congratulations guys, good luck in the finals!
Go Beavs!!
My voice is still hoarse
Sure glad I was able to wiggle out of having to teach class last night, so I could go to the game! Can’t wait for Monday now. Class? What class? :)
For those who didn’t get to see the game – one thing I really wish you had seen was the nearly half-court 3-ball by Lathen Wallace. He was WAY behind the line, almost to the tip-off circle, I thought (though I’d have to see a replay to check that). The defender was giving him some space, and why not? I think the defender may have been past the 3 line! Anyhow, when he went into his shooting motion, I was thinking, “NO! What are you doing?!?” I thought he must have thought that the shot clock was running out, and he had to jack one up. When it left his hand, I thought it was going to fall five feet short of the rim, but it got nothing but net. Man, did that get the crowd up!
Speaking of the crowd, I was surprised to see that it was only about 4,700. When I looked around, I was guesstimating a minimum of 5K on the low end, and probably closer to 6. There were people all the way to the top, at least around mid-court. The corners were pretty empty. But man, did those 4,700 people make some noise! Gill was rocking for most of the game. I can’t wait for Monday! I hope we get even more people in there making noise!
GO BEAVERS!!!
Wallace had a GREAT game. He’s from my neighborhood so I was really happy to see him getting the ball regularly in these CBI games.
Haynes has looked better… his ball just refuses to drop sometimes.
And anytime we can win with Josh Tarver logging THAT many minutes is a very good thing. Both he and Omari Johnson had some pretty boneheaded plays and each guy showed a lack of hustle at times.
Speaking of lacking hustle, Roeland seems to be running on fumes. He got bossed around while defending down low more than usual and wasn’t going after rebounds quite like he usually does. I hope he has two W’s left in him, THEN he can rest.
In my opinion Roeland needs to hit the conditioning road big time in the off-season. He has had problems all year with the running on fumes issue.
One thing though is having those big men coming in next year should also help because they can take the burden off him a bit. He is more of a skill big man versus a power big man.
-RVM
To be fair, though...
It was at times another Hack-a-Roe night. The refs didn’t call anything on a lot of arm smacks and holds.
by sangdorange on Mar 26, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions
Beavers are the last Pac-10 basketball team playing this season.
With Arizona bowing out of the NCAA tournament and the Beavers heading for the CBI finals, the Beavers are the last Pac-10 team playing basketball this year. What a turn around.
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