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TicketCity Legends Classic Regional Conclusion against Hofstra Game Thread

Can the Beavs and Ahmad Starks continue to impress?   Oregon State basketball plays the Hofstra Pride tonight at 7pm.  (Photo by Andy Wooldridge)


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Coming off a very solid 93 to 60 win over West Alabama, the Beavs now come up a solid opponent in the Hofstra Pride (1-0).  In the TicketCity Legends Classic opener the Beavs shot 55.6% from the field and an improved 71.4% from the free throw line.  Additionally the Beavs held West Alabama to 38.6% from the field, and out rebounded the Tigers 37 to 29.

What was even more impressive overall in the Monday night victory was that the win put the Beavs at 2-0 for the first time to start a season since the 2000-2001 season, they scored 58 first half points, and had five players in double digits (Burton, Cunningham, Starks, Collier, and Brandt).  It was a game like we have not seen from the Robinson era regardless of the opponent, and bodes well for a team that looks to be finding themselves as a team this year.

That all said though, things get a bit tougher with tonight's match up against last year's Colonial Athletic third place finishers, the Hofstra Pride.  Hofstra finished 21-12 overall last season and 14-4 in conference play, and lost their first game in the CBI.  This season the Pride have a season opening 89-71 win over Long Island University. Hofstra is a quality overall program, and has produced at least 20 wins in 5 of the last 7 seasons.

At the very least, this will be a good match up for Oregon State leading into a road trip to East Rutherford, N.J. to play Texas on Saturday and either NC State or Vandy (I would personally like some pay back for baseball with this possible match up!) on Monday.

So let's see how the Beavs come out in this game, and if they can keep up their well balanced team play and go to 3-0.  Join the discussion here!

Go Beavs!

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Alright, where's connor?

I’ll need updates

Beating off the dog is never appropriate when we have company over...... I mean EVER!

by sergey606 on Nov 16, 2011 5:18 PM PST reply actions  

I'm here

But I don’t care who does the updates.

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:02 PM PST up reply actions  

Guess we're giving those out early tonight eh?

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:04 PM PST up reply actions  

I finished 2nd

So I didn’t get the trip, but I got two tickets for all of the games.

Selling them for cheap if anyone wants them…

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Aw :(

At least you won something though…. We tried!

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:30 PM PST up reply actions  

Thanks

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:33 PM PST up reply actions  

lol lots of confusion going on

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:02 PM PST reply actions  

On to the next one

on to the next one

Freeeeeeze

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:03 PM PST reply actions  

Daniel should be able to stack

While they’re playing this song.

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:04 PM PST reply actions  

at work

viewing the live stream with no audio.. and getting scores from here

i find it sometimes faster than gametracker

by ximiankernel on Nov 16, 2011 7:07 PM PST up reply actions  

It's cause

Gametracker gets their updates from us.

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:50 PM PST up reply actions  

0-6

Man these guys are swooshing 3’s

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:09 PM PST reply actions  

looks pretty empty at gill

week day game and all that what they get

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:12 PM PST reply actions  

Slam dunk for Collier

9-6 OSU

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:13 PM PST reply actions  

Beavs taking over

Lots of steals and dunks by Beavs

I am a happy-scotty

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:14 PM PST reply actions  

does a happy scotty

make for a happy beavers

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:15 PM PST up reply actions  

Well

since scotty is a Beaver, it makes for at least one happy Beaver :)

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:16 PM PST up reply actions  

Aw

Nice lucky shot by Hofstra breaks beavs’ 11 pt run

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:17 PM PST reply actions  

as I was saying

why don’t they let folks move down to make it look full on the stream?

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:19 PM PST reply actions  

As a Bruin once said

A lot of fans are dressed as chairs

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Anyone see the UCLA game last night

There were about 70 people left at the end of the game.

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:23 PM PST up reply actions  

UCLA is imploding this year

Do we play them soon before they get things together?

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:28 PM PST up reply actions  

so they are

sort of like our football team then?

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:56 PM PST up reply actions  

i read, Reeves Nelson got reinstated again… decision must have been made faster by the 0-2 record

by ximiankernel on Nov 16, 2011 9:21 PM PST up reply actions  

Cunningham puts home a layup

17-8 OSU

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:19 PM PST reply actions  

30-second timeout for Hofstra at the 12:30 mark

Oregon State-19, Hofstra-12

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:21 PM PST reply actions  

Media timeout with 11:50

Same score

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:22 PM PST up reply actions  

Collier misses the 1st of 2 free throws

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:25 PM PST reply actions  

And the 2nd

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:26 PM PST up reply actions  

turnovers seems to be a bit of a problem

this year but hopefully they will turn it around as the season moves along

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:35 PM PST reply actions  

I'm glad we have this to watch

instead of more MAC passing drills football

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:38 PM PST reply actions  

hey I love mac type of games

call me what you will but they are fun to me

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:40 PM PST up reply actions  

why that just slows the game down

I’m the type that loves the arena football league its just fun. Don’t get me wrong I under standard and do appreciate good d but the O is just so much fun

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:44 PM PST up reply actions  

I want to know this:

How did the MAC work out all this weeknight primetime airtime?

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:46 PM PST up reply actions  

will they are willing to play most of their

games on tue and wed so if they are the only ones willing to do so they get their game on tv if the beavers did this I’d think most fans like my self would be mad has heck

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:50 PM PST up reply actions  

Media timeout with 3:55 left in the 1st

Hofstra-33, Oregon State-28

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:46 PM PST reply actions  

Hee hee

Tennis has ball-boys. We have mop-boys.

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 7:46 PM PST reply actions  

Cunningham sinks the layup and is fouled

33-32 HOF

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:51 PM PST reply actions  

Makes the layup

33-33

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:51 PM PST up reply actions  

Moore answers with a layup

35-33 HOF

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 7:52 PM PST reply actions  

I love starks game but

at this time in the game we can’t have him just throwing up threes like that but that just me I guess

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:53 PM PST reply actions  

but alias

the pride come back and put up a score 39-41

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 7:58 PM PST reply actions  

that or

they are the only folks at the game lol

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:00 PM PST up reply actions  

There we go

It was a fake-out by starting halftime with a nice long shot of elderly people

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 8:00 PM PST up reply actions  

that would be super loud

I’m guessing the old folks would not be not very happy about this if they could hear it in the first place

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:10 PM PST reply actions  

Spectacular

250 strong full marching band was REALLY something to hear.

(Of course I won’t be able to hear anything for 2 days now…)

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by AndyPanda on Nov 16, 2011 10:44 PM PST up reply actions  

51-45

beavers steal and fast break

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:21 PM PST reply actions  

play by play is so much harder in

basketball than baseball lol

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:23 PM PST reply actions  

and when you can't spell

and can’t spell names it is truly harder

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Well, there is quite a bit more of it...

With baseball, you can rewrite the entire game story 3 times between hits.

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by AndyPanda on Nov 16, 2011 10:45 PM PST up reply actions  

beavers get the rebound

but can’t get the shoot up another turn over for the beavers

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:25 PM PST reply actions  

haha

Jared went right underneath those Hofstra defenders and made the basket

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 8:37 PM PST reply actions  

rec'd

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 9:06 PM PST up reply actions  

62-60 beavers

pride showing pride to night staying right with the beavers

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:52 PM PST reply actions  

wow foul after foul

maybe they need to start wearing pads out there

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 8:58 PM PST reply actions  

good grief

I practically had as good a free throw percentage in gym class

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 8:59 PM PST reply actions  

Yay!

Looking more like the Beavericks than the Corvallis Beavles

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 9:00 PM PST reply actions  

come on dan get that reply now

or it will be your job or internship or grade

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:03 PM PST reply actions  

72-64 beavers

we make both of them what the heck how did that happen

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:05 PM PST reply actions  

nope 74-68 beavers

pride hit a three

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:06 PM PST reply actions  

hey another foul

have not seen one of those in 10s oh wait we have and another player fouls out for the pride

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:11 PM PST reply actions  

If I were them

I’d be fouling for profit up and down the field on us

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 9:12 PM PST reply actions  

wow that foul took them forever and it was some what hard too

but hey 31 sec and another set of free throws

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:14 PM PST reply actions  

yeah both of them made and its 82-72

with lest than 20 sec beavers win

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:16 PM PST reply actions  

that was a fun game

the team had some trouble but pulled it out in the end

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:16 PM PST reply actions  

The team won?

3-0?

:-O

Was… was Coach Robinson not just spumping?

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 9:16 PM PST reply actions  

yay 3-0

happy scotty
hapy beaver nation

by ximiankernel on Nov 16, 2011 9:18 PM PST up reply actions  

OSU 3-0

UCLA 0-2

Who’da thunk it?

by scotty256 on Nov 16, 2011 9:20 PM PST up reply actions  

got to take out the garbage

I’m not taking about the pride I kid I kid

oh, them beavers

by Thembevers on Nov 16, 2011 9:18 PM PST reply actions  

Beavers Win!

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 10:05 PM PST reply actions  

Very solid victory

Honestly, Hofstra isn’t as good as I thought they were going to be, and if we make half of the free throws that we missed, we easily win that game by 15-20 points. But, they do have some quality players, and we beat them by double digits. That’s something that we couldn’t say last year.

Texas will be even tougher, but there’s no doubt in my mind that we can compete with them on the offensive side of the ball. And who knows, if our 1-3-1 works to perfection, we make our free throws, and we catch a couple of breaks, we could be playing in the championship.

Go Beavs!

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 10:15 PM PST reply actions  

Alright, good win!

- From the box score, Cunningham really took his game to another level, and showed that he was the best player in the game. Really pleased to see that the backcourt could handle against a better test.

- As I’ve stated, if the frontcourt could do their job, OSU could pull it, and it looked like they did. Did you know that Joe Burton had a double double without points? (5pts, 10 boards, 11 assists). Could’ve done better shooting the ball, but good job for him there. Collier is in beast mode (25 points and 5 boards, though would’ve loved to see him grab a couple of more rebounds). Brandt and Moreland are solid, and when two guys are doing very well that’s all that you can ask.

- I am a little worried about the depth. Cunningham, Starks, Burton played +35 minutes, but if it’s only because they are playing so well I’ll take that back. I am only OK with the bench points: 9 points from Nelson and Moreland combined. Nelson looks like he still can’t shake the rust. Hopefully, should one of our starters get out of the game because of foul trouble we can find answers from our bench.

- The offense carried the day here. 52% from the field (though a rough 2-13 from downtown and 65% from the line in 40 attempts). Able to win the rebound battle just enough. But am very concerned with defense: Hofstra shot 48%, 50% from 3 (and they bricked freebies too). Also only pilfered the ball 7 times.

- From my limited knowledge, Rick Barnes’ Texas teams are usually good defensively but are a tad bit inconsistent offensively, even with the star power/talent. Let’s see if the Beavs can hold their own on both ends. I am especially interested to see if the Beavs can stop a Texas offense from heating up.

- Anyways, great win, am looking forward to Texas game and the rest of the season.

Ciao,
A.R.A

by ARogueAnalyst on Nov 16, 2011 10:36 PM PST reply actions  

Nelson had a tough night, and so did Starks at times.

Cunningham is going to be one long human highlight reel this year.

This team is a 25 or so win team in many mid-major conferences, but being in a power conference, they will need to play with more consistency.

It was the first time a Beaver has had a double-double involving assists since Lamar Hurd. I too would like to see Joe score some more, but when Collier is playing that well, and you have Cunningham, there nothing at all wrong with feeding them all night. Going forward, it never going to be a bad idea to get the ball in Jared’s hands.

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by AndyPanda on Nov 16, 2011 10:51 PM PST up reply actions  

When saying "putting the ball in Jared's hands"

Do you mean for initiating an offense or for last second isos? I am ok with any of that as long as there’s a clear mismatch, he has good enough ballhandling skills (he did have 4 TOs v. Hofstra) and he will get up a good clean shot and not take a contested shot.

by ARogueAnalyst on Nov 16, 2011 10:55 PM PST up reply actions  

All of the above

Cunningham’s versatility means he has multiple options no matter the circumstances.

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by AndyPanda on Nov 17, 2011 9:05 AM PST up reply actions  

"This team is a 25 or so win team in many mid-major conferences"

That would certainly be nice, now wouldn’t it?

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by ConnorOSU on Nov 16, 2011 11:39 PM PST up reply actions  

Unfortunately, the Beavs don't play in a mid-major conference.

As far as accomplishing that outcome. Most are happy being in a tougher, as in deeper league, though wins are harder to come by.

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by AndyPanda on Nov 17, 2011 9:01 AM PST up reply actions  

This season is starting off well

It’s nice to see that the Beavers are starting to consistently beat the teams they should beat. That seems to have been a bugaboo in Robinson’s first few seasons.

Pac-12 play may be a different story, but I can understand losing conference games a lot more than I can understand losing to teams like Seattle U, Texas Southern, and Utah Valley State.

by Sahr on Nov 17, 2011 10:13 AM PST reply actions  

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