The Oregon State men’s basketball team was picked to finish last in the Pac-12 preseason poll. But on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, they were the last team standing in the Pac-12 tournament. Unfortunately for the No. 23 University of Colorado Buffaloes, it was at their expense.
Playing in their first conference championship game since 2012, the three-seeded Buffs fell to the five-seeded Beavers, 70-68.
Colorado’s season expects to continue, however, as the Buffs will know their seed in the NCAA tournament on Sunday. For Oregon State, a team who was considered to be on the outside looking in, the win guaranteed themselves a spot in the big dance.