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The road continues to be as cruel to the Buffs as a Cormac McCarthy novel. Colorado played hard and led for most of the game but still lost 74-69 to Oregon State on Friday night at Gill Coliseum in front of a subdued crowd still mourning the Beavers` loss to rival Oregon 24 hours earlier in the Civil War.

Calvin Haynes scored 19 points, including the go-ahead basket with 1:08 remaining, and Oregon State held on to defeat Colorado 74-69 Friday night.

This is not the time for vague news talk, so please excuse my informality as it is only an effort at clarity.

With President Obama watching from courtside, Oregon State played its most complete game of the season Saturday, defeating George Washington 64-57 and setting itself on a course coach Craig Robinson hopes his team can follow to realize high pre-season expectations.

Washington is a town where transactions of everyday life are colored by who you know and what you want.

Today Pepperdine at UCLA, 8 p.m. Arizona vs. Wisconsin, Lahaina, Maui, 9 p.m. Montana at Oregon, 7 p.m. Tuesday Stanford vs.

Sacramento State led by 22 points at halftime and withstood a furious rally to defeat Oregon State 65-63 on Saturday.

When: 8 p.m., Friday at Lubbock. Last season: 18-18 Rundown: A&M-CC meets the Beavers in the opening game of the Duel in the Desert.

Today Northern Arizona at Arizona, 2 p.m. Colorado State at Oregon, 3:30 p.m. Oregon State at Texas Tech, 1 p.m. Cal Poly at Stanford, 7 p.m. Portland State at No.

Craig Robinson compares rebuilding Oregon State basketball to a 12-step program.

Teondre Williams, pictured here in a game last season, scored a career-high 18 points for Oregon on Friday.

Jared Cunningham knew when he signed on to play basketball at Oregon State he would need to bring his alarm clock.

Senior forward Seth Tarver led all scorers with 17 points as the Oregon State defense held Western Oregon to less than 30 percent from the field as the Beavers cruised to a 75-55 win over the Wolves in a men's basketball exhibition contest on Saturday.

FRIDAY NIGHT , a dispatch from OSU hoops publicist Michael Collins about fans' first chance to see coach Rob's team: Seth Tarver, the point man in OSU's 1-3-1 zone, is back this season The Oregon State men's basketball team opens the exhibition portion of its schedule this week as the Beavers host Southern Oregon on Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets to the ...

Junior guard Calvin Haynes goes up for a shot during a game last season. The men's basketball team plays their first exhibition game this Sunday at 2 p.m. By Nic Adenau The Daily Barometer As the Oregon State men's basketball team returns to play, they open up the preseason with an exhibition game this Sunday against Southern Oregon at 2 p.m. at ...

The Oregon State basketball team has one goal in mind this season: reach the NCAA tournament in March.

At one point during the 2007-08 season, Josh Tarver says it got so bad that he thought about going elsewhere.

MONDAY , a few observations from Oregon State's basketball practice ... I was anxious to see OSU coach Craig Robinson Monday, because I was at Safeway last night in bullet-riddled southeast and I saw this god-awful tabloid cover that claimed his sister, Michelle Obama, was in some sort of feud with Oprah.

Coach: Craig Robinson . Last season's record: 18-18 overall, 7-11 in Pac-10 . Postseason: Won CBI by beating UTEP.

CORVALLIS, Ore., March 19 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release: Junior guard Kelvin Lewis recorded game highs with 18 points and four 3-pointers, but it would not be enough as Oregon State claimed a 49-45 win against the University of Houston men's basketball team Wednesday night at Gill Coliseum during the first round of ...