Beavers To Battle Vols Friday In Big Dance Opening Round

THE GAME: Oregon State (17-12, 10-10 Pac-12) will face Tennessee (18-8, 10-7 SEC) in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) on Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised on TNT with Spero Dedes and Brendan Haywood calling the action and Lauren Shehadi reporting from the sideline.

RADIO: The game will air live on Beaver Sports Radio Network with Mike Parker calling the action. It can also be heard online at this link.

LIVE STATS: There will be live stats at this link.

QUICKLY: Oregon State won the Pac-12 Tournament for the first time in history to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament ... The Beavers beat Top 25 teams on back-to-back nights at the Pac-12 Tournament (No. 25 Oregon and No. 23 Colorado); the previous time Oregon State defeated a ranked team at a neutral site was Dec. 29, 1992 (93-79 over No. 23 BYU in Portland, Ore.) ... Ethan Thompson was selected to the All-Pac-12 First Team ... Thompson holds the Oregon State record with 123 career starts; Gary Payton is second with 120 ... Zach Reichle leads the team with an assist/turnover ratio of 2.18 ... Warith Alatishe became the first-ever Beaver to be named the Pac-12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player ... Alatishe leads the Pac-12 with 13 double-figure rebounding games ... Jarod Lucas is 12th in the nation in free throw percentage at 89.7% (96-for-107) ... Maurice Calloo scored 15 points in the Pac-12 Tournament championship game; he scored 10 points in the previous eight games combined.

NCAA Tournament Notes: Oregon State is the No. 12 seed and opens the NCAA Tournament against No. 5-seed Tennessee at 1:30 p.m. PT on Friday:

The Beavers are making their 18th appearance in the NCAA Tournament; it's their first since 2016 and just the second time since 1990.
Oregon State is 12-20 all-time in NCAA Tournament games.
The Beavers played in two Final Fours (1949 and 1963).
Oregon State's last win in the NCAA Tournament came on March 18, 1982 against Idaho, 60-42, in the West Regional Semifinals in Provo, Utah.
The Beavers have lost seven straight NCAA Tournament games, with four of those coming as the higher seed.
Some Oregon State individual records in the NCAA Tournament include: 31 points by Gary Payton vs. Evansville (3/15/89); 21 rebounds by Mel Counts vs. Seattle (3/11/63); 10 assists by Gary Payton vs. Evansville (3/15/89); 7 steals by Charlie Neal vs. Middle Tennessee State (3/15/75); three 3-point field goals by Derrick Bruce vs. VCU (3/18/16) and Charles McKinney vs. Ball State (3/15/90); 45 minutes by Gary Payton vs. Evansville (3/15/89).
Oregon State went 5-5 against teams in the NCAA Tournament (all Pac-12 opponents) with wins over Colorado, Oregon (twice), UCLA and USC. The losses came against Colorado (twice), Oregon, UCLA and USC.
Oregon State is 3-1 all-time against Tennessee:
- Dec. 30, 1964: Oregon State 48, Tennessee 27 (Portland, Ore.)
- Dec. 23, 1970: Tennessee 89, Oregon State 61 (at Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Dec. 10, 1989: Oregon State 96, Tennessee 90 (OT) (at Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Dec. 22, 1990: Oregon State 82, Tennessee 66 (at Corvallis, Ore.)
The No. 12 seed is 50-90 all-time against the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
The Oregon State-Tennessee winner will play the winner of No. 4-seed Oklahoma State and No. 13-seed Liberty.

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Beavers To Battle Vols Friday In Big Dance Opening Round

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