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Seth Tarver's 18 points paced Oregon State to a 64-57 victory Saturday afternoon over George Washington.

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.

Quite a few shifts after the preseason rankings and only one team didn't move. Washington took over the top spot, Arizona State made the biggest jump and Oregon State, the only conference school with two losses, tumbled hard.

LUBBOCK, Texas -- In 2008, Craig Robinson inherited an Oregon State basketball team that had gone 6-25 overall and 0-18 in the Pacific-10 Conference the previous season.

The first time Craig Robinson saw Jared Cunningham on the basketball court, his reaction was disappointment.

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.

WEDNESDAY , at the Valley Center for men's basketball Media Day, which gave us quotes from Calvin Haynes , Josh Tarver , and coach Craig Robinson .

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.