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The Oregon State women’s basketball team earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the NCAA announced at Monday’s Selection Show. The Beavers will host the first two rounds of the tournament, and will play Long Beach State in the opening round Friday at 2 p.m. Oregon State will also host No. 7 seed Creighton and No. 10 seed Toledo, who will go head-to-head at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The winners of both matchups will play on Sunday in the second round. Sunday’s game time will be announced at the conclusion of the first round. Oregon State will head to the NCAA Tournament with a 29-4 record. The Beavers have won the Pac-12 regular season title for the third-straight season, and went 7-2 vs. ranked opponents during the regular season. OSU is currently ranked No. 8 in both the AP and Coaches’ Poll, and currently sits fourth in the RPI. NCAA Tournament Tickets: First and second round all-session ticket requests were made available for women’s basketball season ticket holders and Our Beaver Nation donors beginning on March 3rd. Women’s basketball season ticket holders have first priority and donor requests will be processed based on the Beaver Point system. The ticket office will be open extended hours on March 13th after the selection show to process orders and the deadline is 8 p.m. PT. All-session passes will go on sale to the public starting Tuesday, March 14th at 2 p.m. PT. Single session tickets go on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on the day of the first round.
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The Oregon women’s basketball team will make its return to the NCAA Tournament on Saturday as a No. 10 seed against seventh-seeded Temple, ending an 11-year tournament drought for the program. The Ducks (20-13) finished sixth in the Pac-12 during the regular season, then busted the conference tournament bracket by reaching the semifinals. The UO women upset No. 11 Washington in the quarterfinals, solidifying their status as a team worthy of an NCAA berth. Oregon faces Temple in Durham, N.C., on Saturday (3:30 p.m. PT, ESPN2). The pod is being hosted by second-seeded Duke, which faces 15th seed Hampton in the first round. Those games are part of the Bridgeport Region, in which perennial powerhouse Connecticut is the top seed.