2020–21 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

The 2020–21 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beavers were led by seventh-year head coach Wayne Tinkle, and played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

2020–21 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball
Pac-12 tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
Record	20–13 (10–10 Pac-12)
Head coach	Wayne Tinkle (7th season)
Associate head coach	Kerry Rupp (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Stephen Thompson (7th season) Marlon Stewart (2nd season)
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
Seasons ← 2019–20 2021–22 →

2020–21 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Oregon	14	–	4		.778			21	–	7		.750
No. 23 USC	15	–	5		.750			25	–	8		.758
No. 22 Colorado	14	–	6		.700			23	–	9		.719
UCLA	13	–	6		.684			22	–	10		.688
Arizona*	11	–	9		.550			17	–	9		.654
Oregon State †	10	–	10		.500			20	–	13		.606
Stanford	10	–	10		.500			14	–	13		.519
Utah	8	–	11		.421			12	–	13		.480
Arizona State	7	–	10		.412			11	–	14		.440
Washington State	7	–	12		.368			14	–	13		.519
Washington	4	–	16		.200			5	–	21		.192
California	3	–	17		.150			9	–	20		.310
*Ineligible for the conference and NCAA tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban.
† Conference tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Despite being picked to finish last in the Pac-12 standings in preseason media polls, the Beavers finished tied for sixth in conference play and received a 5-seed in the 2021 Pac-12 tournament due to Arizona's self-imposed ban. Despite the Beavers' outperforming of low expectations, the consensus among analysts entering the Pac-12 tournament was that OSU would not receive an at-large bid to the upcoming NCAA tournament, and thus needed to win the conference tournament to make the field as an automatic qualifier. The Beavers proceeded to defeat 4-seed UCLA in overtime, top-seed and rival Oregon, and 3-seed Colorado in succession to win their first Pac-12 tournament title in school history and guarantee just their second NCAA tournament berth since 1990.

Seeded 12th in the Midwest region in the 2021 NCAA tournament, the Beavers would trail for less than five combined minutes in upset wins over 5th-seeded Tennessee and 4th-seeded Oklahoma State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. The wins were Oregon State's first in the NCAA tournament since advancing to the Elite Eight in 1982. The Beavers next overcame a slow start to defeat 8-seed Loyola-Chicago and advance to the Elite Eight, matching their 1982 run. Over their six-game postseason winning streak dating back to the Pac-12 tournament, the Beavers were not favored in a single game. They became just the second ever 12-seed to advance to the Elite Eight since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985.

Facing the 2-seed Houston Cougars in the Midwest regional final, the Beavers rallied from a 17-point second half deficit to tie the game with under four minutes remaining. Houston would prevail, 67–61, to end Oregon State's Cinderella run.

Previous season

The 2019–20 Beavers finished the 2019–20 season 18–13, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They defeated Utah in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament and were set to take on rival Oregon in the quarterfinals before the remainder of the Pac-12 Tournament was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Sean Miller-Moore	1	G	6'5"	200	Junior	Toronto, ON	Graduate transferred to Grand Canyon
Tres Tinkle	3	F	6'7"	225	RS Senior	Missoula, MT	Graduated
Antoine Vernon	13	G	6'0"	175	Sophomore	Hamilton, ON	Transferred to St. Francis Xavier
Payton Dastrup	15	C	6'10"	240	RS Junior	Mesa, AZ	Transferred to Benedictine at Mesa
Kylor Kelley	24	F	7'0"	215	RS Senior	Gervais, OR	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Maurice Calloo	1	F	6'10"		Junior	Windsor, ON	Junior college transferred from Indian Hills CC
Warith Alatishe	10	F	6'7"	200	Junior	Houston, TX	Transferred from Nicholls.
Rodrigue Andela	35	F	6'8"	230	RS Junior	Cameroon	Junior college transferred from Kilgore College
Tariq Silver	55	G	6'5"	200	RS Junior	Clarksville, TN	Junior college transferred from Tallahassee CC

2020 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Isaiah Johnson PF	Torrance, CA	Bishop Montgomery High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Oct 14, 2019
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2020 Basketball Player Commits". ESPN.com. "2020 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

2021 Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2021 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Dashawn Davis SG	Bronx, NY	Trinity Community College	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jul 23, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: N/A   ESPN grade: JC
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2021 Basketball Player Commits". ESPN.com. "2021 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2020–21 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Gianni Hunt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Bishop Montgomery HS Lakewood, California F 1 Maurice Calloo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Indian Hills CC Windsor, Ontario G 2 Jarod Lucas 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Los Altos HS Hacienda Heights, California G 5 Ethan Thompson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Bishop Montgomery HS Los Angeles, California F 10 Warith Alatishe 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Nicholls Houston, Texas G 11 Zach Reichle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Wilsonville HS Wilsonville, Oregon C 12 Roman Silva 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Sr San Bernardino Valley College Rancho Cucamonga, California G 22 Julien Franklin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Fr Villa Park HS Brea, California F 23 Joey Potts (W) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr College of Marin Petaluma, California F 24 Isaiah Johnson 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 209 lb (95 kg) Fr Bishop Montgomery HS Torrance, California F 34 Rodrigue Andela 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Jr Kilgore College Yaoundé, Cameroon F 35 DeAron Tucker 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Legacy Early College Dallas, Texas G 55 Tariq Silver 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Tallahassee CC Clarksville, Tennessee	Head coach Wayne Tinkle (Montana) Assistant coach(es) Kerry Rupp (Southern Utah) Stephen Thompson (Syracuse) Marlon Stewart (North Dakota) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Source:^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
November 25, 2020* 4:00 pm, P12N		California^[a]	W 71–63	1–0	16 – Alatishe	11 – Andela	6 – Thompson	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
November 27, 2020* 10:00 am, P12N		Northwest	W 114–42	2–0	17 – Thompson	9 – Alatishe	5 – Reichle	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
December 2, 2020 7:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	L 55–59	2–1 (0–1)	12 – Reichle	10 – Alatishe	7 – Thompson	Beasley Coliseum (0) Pullman, WA
December 6, 2020* 1:00 pm, P12N		Wyoming	L 73–76	2–2	20 – Thompson	12 – Alatishe	4 – Hunt	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
December 10, 2020* 5:00 pm, P12N		Portland	L 86–87 ^OT	2–3	31 – Thompson	11 – Alatishe	7 – Reichle	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
December 16, 2020* 2:00 pm, P12N		UTSA	W 73–61	3–3	22 – Thompson	6 – Tied	4 – Reichle	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
December 22, 2020* 6:00 pm, P12N		Portland State	W 67–62	4–3	15 – Reichle	11 – Alatishe	4 – Reichle	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
January 2, 2021 3:00 pm, P12N		California	W 73–64	5–3 (1–1)	16 – Thompson	11 – Andela	6 – Hunt	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
January 4, 2021 12:00 pm, P12N		Stanford	L 71–81	5–4 (1–2)	22 – Lucas	10 – Alatishe	7 – Thompson	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
January 14, 2021 8:00 pm, FS1		Arizona	L 64–98	5–5 (1–3)	13 – Thompson	4 – Tied	5 – Thompson	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
January 16, 2021 4:00 pm, P12N		Arizona State	W 80–79	6–5 (2–3)	18 – Lucas	8 – Alatishe	5 – Tied	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
January 19, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN2		USC	W 58–56	7–5 (3–3)	13 – Tied	4 – Tied	6 – Reichle	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
January 23, 2021 7:30 pm, P12N		at No. 21 Oregon Rivalry	W 75–64	8–5 (4–3)	19 – Thompson	16 – Alatishe	4 – Reichle	Matthew Knight Arena (0) Eugene, OR
January 28, 2021 2:00 pm, ESPNU		at USC	L 62–75	8–6 (4–4)	20 – Thompson	7 – Thompson	5 – Thompson	Galen Center (0) Los Angeles, CA
January 30, 2021 4:00 pm, P12N		at No. 23 UCLA	L 52–57	8–7 (4–5)	16 – Thompson	9 – Alatishe	5 – Thompson	Pauley Pavilion (0) Los Angeles, CA
February 4, 2021 6:00 pm, P12N		Washington	W 91–71	9–7 (5–5)	17 – Reichle	11 – Alatishe	8 – Reichle	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
February 6, 2021 3:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 68–66	10–7 (6–5)	12 – Tied	7 – Alatishe	4 – Hunt	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
February 8, 2021 4:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	L 49–78	10–8 (6–6)	10 – Thompson	6 – Alatishe	3 – Reichle	CU Events Center (61) Boulder, CO
February 11, 2021 5:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona	L 61–70	10–9 (6–7)	13 – Tied	6 – Alatishe	3 – Reichle	McKale Center (0) Tucson, AZ
February 14, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPN2		at Arizona State	L 73–75	10–10 (6–8)	18 – Thompson	10 – Alatishe	4 – Tied	Desert Financial Arena (0) Tempe, AZ
February 18, 2021 5:30 pm, P12N		Utah	W 74–56	11–10 (7–8)	25 – Thompson	9 – Alatishe	8 – Thompson	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
February 20, 2021 5:00 pm, ESPNU		Colorado	L 57–61	11–11 (7–9)	18 – Thompson	10 – Alatishe	7 – Thompson	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
February 25, 2021 7:00 pm, P12N		at California	W 59–57	12–11 (8–9)	15 – Silva	11 – Alatishe	3 – Thompson	Haas Pavilion (0) Berkeley, CA
February 27, 2021 3:30 pm, P12N		at Stanford	W 73–62	13–11 (9–9)	26 – Lucas	8 – Alatishe	3 – Thompson	Maples Pavilion (1) Stanford, CA
March 3, 2021 4:00 pm, ESPNU		at Utah	W 75–70	14–11 (10–9)	17 – Hunt	10 – Alatishe	4 – Alatishe	Jon M. Huntsman Center (0) Salt Lake City, UT
March 7, 2021 5:00 pm, FS1		Oregon Rivalry	L 67–80	14–12 (10–10)	16 – Thompson	7 – Alatishe	4 – Reichle	Gill Coliseum (0) Corvallis, OR
Pac-12 tournament
March 11, 2021 2:30 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (4) UCLA Quarterfinals	W 83–79 ^OT	15–12	22 – Alatishe	10 – Tied	5 – Hunt	T-Mobile Arena (0) Paradise, NV
March 12, 2021 5:30 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (1) Oregon Semifinals/Rivalry	W 75–64	16–12	16 – Thompson	12 – Alatishe	4 – Tied	T-Mobile Arena (0) Paradise, NV
March 13, 2021 7:30 pm, ESPN	(5)	vs. (3) No. 23 Colorado Championship	W 70–68	17–12	15 – Calloo	7 – Alatishe	4 – Thompson	T-Mobile Arena (0) Paradise, NV
NCAA tournament
March 19, 2021 1:30 pm, TNT	(12 MW)	vs. (5 MW) Tennessee First Round	W 70–56	18–12	16 – Silva	10 – Thompson	6 – Thompson	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
March 21, 2021 6:40 pm, TBS	(12 MW)	vs. (4 MW) No. 11 Oklahoma State Second Round	W 80–70	19–12	26 – Thompson	12 – Tied	2 – Tied	Hinkle Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
March 27, 2021 11:40 am, CBS	(12 MW)	vs. (8 MW) No. 17 Loyola–Chicago Sweet Sixteen	W 65–58	20–12	22 – Thompson	11 – Alatishe	4 – Tied	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
March 29, 2021 4:15 pm, CBS	(12 MW)	vs. (2 MW) No. 6 Houston Elite Eight	L 61–67	20–13	13 – Calloo	7 – Thompson	6 – Thompson	Lucas Oil Stadium  Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Notes

1. This game was arranged last-minute due to Colorado State dropping out due to COVID-19-related concerns. Due to these emergency circumstances, despite California being a member of the Pac-12, this game was considered a non-conference game and did not count towards the conference standings.^[2]

References

1. "2020–2021 Schedule". osubeavers.com. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
2. "Alatishe, Thompson lead Oregon State past Cal 71-63". ESPN.com. AP. November 25, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2021.