March 16, 2016
Oregon State coach Wayne Tinkle guides the Beavers to their first NCCA tournament
in 26 years.
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Oregon forward Dillon Brooks (24) and forward Jordan Bell celebrate after the
Ducks defeated Utah, 88-57, in the Pac-12 championship Saturday in Las Vegas.
(AP photo)
Ducks, Beavers are NCAA Bound
Oregon seeded
No. 1 in West
Both Oregon and Oregon State
won invites to the NCAA basket-
ball tournament Sunday, a first for
both teams playing in the same
championship series, while the
women’s team at Oregon State
earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA
women’s tournament.
At 28-6, the Ducks men’s bas-
ketball team is a No. 1 seed for the
first time in school history. They
won the Pac-12 Conference regu-
lar season championship and the
Pac-12 Conference Tournament
on Saturday in Las Vegas with an
88-57 rout of Utah. Oregon will
open the national playoff series
Friday in Spokane against either
Holy Cross or Southern.
Oregon State is in the NCAA
tournament for the first time since
1990 and in just the second year
under head coach Wayne Tinkle.
OSU is the No. 7 seed in the West
and will play No. 10 seed VCU on
Friday in Oklahoma City.
Tinkle was hired in spring 2014
to take over for Craig Robinson,
first lady Michelle Obama’s broth-
er. Robinson spent six years at Or-
egon State but was never able to
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dated.pdf. A link to the full RED
report is here: media.oregon-
live.com/portland_impact/other/
RRI%20Report%20Final-1.pdf.
Bobbin Singh is the executive
director of Oregon Justice Re-
source Center, a Portland-based
nonprofit that promotes civil
rights and dismantling systemic
discrimination in the administra-
tion of justice by providing legal
services, training future lawyers,
and educating our community on
civil liberties issues. His column
“Pursuing Justice” appears regu-
larly in the Portland Observer.
take the team further than the CBI their NCAA tournament with
tournament in the postseason.
a game Friday at home against
The OSU women will open 15th-seeded Troy.