Oregon State Beavers Get No. 14 Seed, Visit No. 3 North Carolina In NCAA Tournament First Round
750 The Game Staff
The Oregon State women’s basketball team received a No. 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament released on Sunday, and will face No. 3 seed North Carolina in the first round on Saturday in Chapel Hill, NC.
Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
Fanduel lists UNC as a 21.5-point betting favorite.
Oregon State is in the tournament once again under head coach Scott Rueck. The Beavers were the No. 4 seed in the West Coast Conference Tournament, then earned dramatic wins over San Francisco and Gonzaga before handling Portland in the tournament championship game, earning the conference’s automatic bid.
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Beavers Headed to Chapel Hill for NCAA Tournament
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State will return to the NCAA Tournament after being selected on Sunday as a no. 14 seed in the Birmingham 2 region by the selection committee.
The Beavers will square off with no. 3 seed North Carolina on Saturday to open the tournament. If they win, the Beavs will battle the winner of sixth-seeded West Virginia and either Columbia or Washington. Every game of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship will be broadcast on the ESPN family of networks.
Oregon State will play in the Big Dance for the second straight year after advancing to the Elite 8 last season. The Beavs earned their spot by defeating top-seeded Gonzaga and second-seeded Portland in the WCC Tournament to win the league’s automatic bid.
This will be OSU’s 14th NCAA Tournament appearance and ninth under Scott Rueck. The Beavers are undefeated in first-round games under the 15th year head coach.
Information on ticket sales, broadcast information and game times will be released as soon as it is available. Fans should keep their eye on osubeavers.com as well as @beaverwbb on social media for that information.
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