Beavers Make the College Basketball Invitational (CBI)...First Game This Wednesday Night!

Oregon State will be playing Houston at Gill at 7pm Wednesday night! Can we fill Gill?!

Could this be the Hawaii Bowl for the hoops team? Will it give us a taste and propel the Beavers to greater things next year? Only time will tell, but for now you can get down to Corvallis and watch some postseason basketball!

Looking at the CBI bracket it appears the game will be televised on HDNet. Which I'm pretty sure I don't get...

Here are the teams:

East Regional
March 18th- 7:00 PM ET
St. John's (16-17) vs. Richmond (18-15)

March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
College of Charleston (26-8) vs. Troy (19-12)

West Regional
March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
Vermont (23-8) vs. Green Bay (22-10)

March 18th- 10:00 PM ET
Houston (21-11) vs. Oregon St. (13-17)

Midwest Regional
March 18th- 8:00 PM ET
Buffalo (21-11) vs. Wichita St. (16-16)

March 18th- 10:00 PM ET
Boise St. (19-12) vs. Stanford (18-13)

South Regional
March 17th- 9:00 PM ET
Northeastern (18-12) vs. Wyoming (19-13)

March 17th- 11:00 PM ET
UTEP (19-12) vs. Nevada (21-12)


If the Beavs can get past 21-11 Houston, then they play the winner of Green Bay vs. Vermont.

More information on purchasing tickets can be found in this official release: Men's Hoops to Host Houston in First Round of CBI - OSUBeavers.com

The postseason appearance will be the 21st in school history as the Beavers last earned a postseason bid with a berth in the National Invitation Tournament following the 2004-05 campaign.

Houston enters the contest with a record of 21-11 on the season as the Cougars fell to Memphis in the semi-finals of the Conference USA tournament this past week. The Cougars have four players in double figures, led by Aubrey Coleman at 19.7 points per game. Kelvin Lewis ranks second on the squad, averaging 18.0 points per contest.

The meeting with the Cougars will mark only the second in series history as Oregon State captured the first and only meeting with a 63-60 win during the 1965-66 season.

Tickets for the game against the Cougars will go on sale Monday, March 16 at 8:30 a.m. The price will be $25 for a chairback and $15 for a bench seat. Students will be admitted to the contest for free and can begin picking up tickets on Monday at 8:30 a.m.