Beavers load up on internationals, hope it helps reap victories
Long-timers will remember the vendors’ standard line as they hawked programs before college basketball games: “Can’t tell the lineups without a program!”
A look back at hoop history with the great Dave Gambee
Before attending the celebration of life for Jimmy Anderson held at Gill Coliseum in March, Dave Gambee leafed through an old scrapbook for a photo of his Oregon State basketball team when he was a senior in 1957-58.
Johnson pushes plan for men’s basketball collective at Oregon State
Steve Johnson wants to help his alma mater, and he is putting time and effort where his mouth is.
Former Beaver Lucas now shooting it up for Wolfpack
Jarod Lucas was Jordan Pope at Oregon State before Jordan Pope.
Pope delivers a papal address to Arizona schools
CORVALLIS — It was a banner weekend for Oregon State men’s basketball.
They played, they thrived, and a half-century later, they’re still together
In 1970, Ralph Miller came from Iowa to become the head basketball coach at Oregon State, replacing Paul Valenti.
Brent Barry: Oregon State ‘provided the opportunity for me to grow’
Brent Barry did not realize all of his dreams during his five years at Oregon State.
All in a day (plus): A look at men’s and women’s hoops and the gridiron in Beaver country
CORVALLIS — Monday was a busy day for sports on the Oregon State campus. I was there to sniff out information of interest to readers of kerryeggers.com.
New season, solid returnees: Tinkle sees better things on horizon
It has been a rough two years for Wayne Tinkle following Oregon State’s Cinderella run to the Elite Eight in 2021.
Another Shelton seeks to make his mark at Oregon State
CORVALLIS — The name “Shelton” means something in this city.
Making it big in health clubs and wine, Saxton now wants to hoop it up
Steve Saxton would like to be head coach of the men’s basketball program at Oregon State.
Grab a piece of history with Seidler’s Ralph Miller collection
Sometimes, history gets dropped in your lap.
Tinkle eyes program ‘recalibration’; but first, a summer trip to Italy
Every four years, the NCAA allows Division I basketball teams to take a summer trip abroad.
Wayne Tinkle after season to forget: ‘We’re going to try to fix it now’
By all accounts, Oregon State’s men’s basketball season was a disaster.
Pros vs. Joes No. 16: Frank Peters at 78: ‘Everything has been replaced except my balls and my brain, and they’re both still working’
Frank “The Flake” Peters was in my conscience from a young age.
Pros vs. Joes No. 2: Lester Conner is taking on a new experience in old stomping grounds
It had been more than three decades since Lester Conner called the Oakland area home.
Talking All-Star Game to Portland (nope), Geoff Petrie and Jerry West, Gary Payton and Lester Conner, The Kamikaze Kids … and more
Items on my mind during the chilly final days of February …
• Thought for the day provided by Frank “The Flake” Peters, at 78 still a juvenile at heart:
During a very difficult 2021, it was a very good first year
A first full year is in the books for kerryeggers.com after my retirement after 45 years in the newspaper in April 2020.
First, thanks to all of you for being subscribers. I appreciate all the feedback we have received, both as responses to be published on the website and others of a personal nature.
Covering a number of subjects, including bad basketball in Oregon, the Trail Blazers’ future, Dan Burke, Gary Payton II, Patty Mills, Nike & Alberto Salazar …
A few sporting items on my mind as we ring in the new year …
• The state of Oregon is known for some pretty good basketball, but its major teams are displaying little of it so far this season.
Kents pair together for historic broadcast: ‘It was a very emotional couple of hours’
Ernie and Jordan Kent made a little history Tuesday at Matt Knight Arena, and had some fun while doing it.
The Kents broadcast Oregon’s season-opening 83-66 win over Texas Southern — Ernie providing analysis, Jordan handling play-by-play duties for the men’s contest carried by Pac-12 Network/Oregon.
Has there ever before been a father-son team work a major-college basketball game on TV together?