Oregon State men’s basketball is getting a major television spotlight this season, with 22 games set for linear TV and a heavy dose of USA Network and CW coverage.
The Beavers will appear on USA 10 times and on CW nine times, and those two networks will carry 15 of Oregon State’s 16 Pac-12 games. Game times and broadcast details were released Wednesday, and the schedule shows OSU will have no more than two home games starting at 8 p.m., with only two others tipping after 7 p.m.
The early part of the home slate is set for a consistent start time. Oregon State’s first five home games - Weber State on Nov.
2, Cal Baptist on Nov. 6, Eastern Washington on Nov.
9, Mississippi Valley State on Nov. 13 and East Texas A&M on Nov. 16 - will all begin at 6:30 p.m. and stream online.
There are still a few dates without full details. The Nov. 19 game against Oregon at Moda Center has not been officially announced yet, so its time and broadcast information remain unset. The Dec. 21 matchup with New Mexico in San Juan Capistrano, California is also still to be determined.
A few more home dates are locked in as 6:30 p.m. starts and online streams, including Lamar on Dec. 11 and Cleveland State on Dec. 17.
The schedule also includes several nationally televised and network games through the winter, from a Nov. 29 home meeting with Milwaukee on USA to showings against Southern Miss. on Dec. 5, Arizona State on Dec.
14, Santa Clara on Dec. 23, Western Oregon on Dec.
30, San Diego State on Jan. 6, Boise State on Jan.
9, Texas State on Jan. 14, Utah State on Jan.
16, Gonzaga on Jan. 24, Washington State on Jan.
27, Utah State on Jan. 30, Boise State on Feb.
4, Colorado State on Feb. 6, Washington State on Feb.
10, Texas State on Feb. 14, Fresno State on Feb.
20, San Diego State on Feb. 25, Colorado State on Feb.
27, Gonzaga on March 3 and Fresno State on March 6.
The full list also includes two exhibition games: at Michigan on Oct. 16 at 4 p.m. on Big 10+, and against California on Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. at Gill Coliseum.
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