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Eight of nine players who averaged at least 5.3 points will be back. Robinson's first recruiting class features four-star guards Jared Cunningham and Roberto Nelson, center Joe Burton, and Australians Angus Brandt and Rhys Murphy, which will help the Beavers build good depth.

STARTERS LOST: G Rickey Claitt . RECRUITS SIGNED: F Joe Burton , G Roberto Nelson .

OH NO, NOT THAT . .. shortly after our cell phone conversation with OSU coach Craig Robinson, the Beavers' bus broke down somewhere between El Paso and Albuquerque and the engine began smoking.

Oregon State heads to CBI Championship against UTEP after back-to-back overtime wins over Vermont, Stanford Casey Grogan Issue date: 3/31/09 Section: Sports They did it again, for the third time in 2009 season Oregon State topped Stanford and for the second time this week the Beavers walked out of overtime victorious.

Oregon State has proven itself at home throughout the College Basketball Invitational.

In their wildest dreams, the Oregon State players who were the laughingstock of college basketball last season could not fathom playing for a tournament championship this season, or being the last Pacific-10 Conference team left standing in the postseason.

I didn't want this, not for me and not for you. This will hurt you at least as much as it will hurt me.

Questions or comments, please call Tailgate columnist Ryan White at home. UTEP at Oregon State What: Game 1, CBI championship series When: Monday at 7 Where: Gill Coliseum Records: UTEP , OSU On the air: TV on HDNet, radio on KPAM 860 The lowdown: And the last Pacific 10 Conference team playing in the post season is ... Oregon State? "Who would ...

Joined Buker down in Corvallis this morning for a little OSU hoops and CBI fever.

Roeland Schaftenaar sparked a 7-0 overtime run and Oregon State came from behind for a 65-62 win against Stanford in Wednesday's semifinals of the College Basketball Invitational.

Well, why shouldn't Oregon State and Stanford play another game ... on March 25? It's been that kind of season both in Corvallis and the Pac-10. On Monday, the Beavers beat Vermont 71-70 in overtime in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational at Gill Coliseum.

Oregon's Matthew Humphrey shoots over Oregon State's Josh Tarver during Sunday's game in Eugene, Ore.

Chants of "Defense! Defense!" haven't caught on this season at Gill Coliseum. Give it time.

Josh Tarver, Calvin Hampton, Kevin McShane and Daniel Deane celebrate as the clock winds down on Oregon State's win over Cal.

OSU looks to sweep Bay Area schools after defeating Cal, Stanford road trip to Calif.

MEN'S BASKETBALL There is nothing spectacular about Oregon State's Rickey Claitt.

If you thought Oregon State guard Josh Tarver was about to appear on milk cartons - "Have you see this person?'' - imagine how Tarver felt when in one three-game stretch he played seven minutes against Oregon, ...

Freshman walk-on forward Kevin McShane had 14 DNPs next to his name until he was suddenly presented with a season-high 16 minutes of playing time against Arizona State last week at legendary Gill.

Bolstering his case for Pac-10 player of the year consideration, Washington's Justin Dentmon matched his career high with seven 3-pointers and scored 28 points, and the Huskies moved into first place in the ...

UW now leads 65-50 with 5:57 to play after a four-point play on a layin by Thomas and an intentional foul on Calvin Haynes.