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BEAVERS ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE CBI TOURNAMENT!

4-8-2009 - Coach Craig Robinson and the Oregon State Men's Basketball program took a big first step in the resurection of basketball at Oregon State the other day in El Paso, Texas by winning the College Basketball Invitational Tournament. The Beavers who finished the PAC-10 Season 13-17 were invited to play in the CBI based partly upon the fact that Craig Robinson had coached in the tournament the previous year and enjoyed the experience. Once in the tournament the Beavers wasted no time in sweeping past three teams (Houston, Vermont and Stanford) all of which had 20 wins in 2008 to advance to the final vs UTEP. The Championship Series was 2 out of 3 games and was played at UTEP. The Beavers captured their first ever posted season basketball championship with a 81-73 victory in the third and final game and finished the season 18-18.

The victory for the Beavers and the crowds that showed up in Corvallis for the post season games brought back much of the excitment that Gill coliseum had seem in it glory days of the 70's and 80's when the Beavers were contenders every year.

Now the expectation level has been raised for the upcoming 2009 season. The Beavers will no doubt get a better recruiting class and the fans will be back to a certain extent. Can the Beavers take the next step in 2009 and have a winning record in conference play? Can they make it back to the NIT or the even the NCAA tournaments? Only time will tell but the 2008 Beaver Basketball season will be one to remember for the excitement it brought back to Gill and for what it might mean for the future.

GO BEAVERS!

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