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Oregon’s 2014 cross country schedule will feature Michigan State’s first appearance at the Bill Dellinger Invitational, as well as trips to Boston, Seattle and back-to-back visits to California’s Bay Area during the postseason, as head coach Robert Johnson announced the fall slate on Monday. The Ducks will open the 2014 cross country season by hosting the ninth annual Bill Dellinger Invitational on Friday, Sept. 5. The Dellinger meet will return to Pre’s Trail in Eugene’s Alton Baker Park for the first time since 2010. It will be the third time overall that the iconic path has hosted the Dellinger Invitational. The inaugural Bill Dellinger Invitational was held on Pre’s Trail in 2006. Following the Dellinger meet, the men’s team will compete in Boston College’s Battle in Beantown on Sept. 26, while the women will run in the Washington Invitational eight days later in Seattle. Both teams will wrap up the regular season with the Pre-National Invitational meet at LaVern Gibson Championships Course in Terre Haute, Ind., on Oct. 18. The postseason in the Bay Area begins with the Pac-12 Championships Oct. 31 in Oakland. Two weeks after that, the Ducks cross the San Francisco Bay for the NCAA West Regional Championships Nov. 14 at Stanford. The 2014 NCAA Championships will be held Nov. 22 at LaVern Gibson Championships Course in Terre Haute, Ind.
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The Oregon State men’s basketball team will compete at the MGM Grand Main Event in Las Vegas, Nev., a new tournament featuring eight teams playing on Monday and Wednesday of Thanksgiving week. The MGM Grand Main Event features two four-team brackets with each team playing two games at the resort on Monday, Nov. 24 and Wednesday, Nov. 26. The Heavyweight bracket includes Oregon State, Auburn, Oklahoma State and Tulsa, while the Middleweight bracket will feature Louisiana, Milwaukee, Oral Roberts and a final team to be announced. The pairings for both brackets will be announced on ESPN.com on Tuesday, Aug. 5. An additional eight games will be played at home sites preceding the games in Las Vegas
