PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

March 12, 2021

Zach Reichle

Oregon State Beavers

Postgame Press Conference

Oregon State - 75, Oregon - 64

Q. You guys as a team seemed to have really taken this 12th place pick as sort of a rallying cry. I saw you had the little 12 on the back of your label on your, on the back of your warmups or uniforms or something and it's just been kind of a talking point all season. Have you rallied behind this underdog-type thing all see some?

ZACH REICHLE: Yeah I think it's definitely motivated us and especially recently we wanted to come out here and make some noise. So we use it as motivation, but we know what we're capable of and we know we don't need other people telling us where we might end up in the league or anything. We know what we can do and so that's just what we're doing. We're coming out and showing it.

Q. Oregon got that lead down to five with about four and a half minutes to go. What did you guys find in those last few minutes to pull that one out?

ZACH REICHLE: They were just pressuring us, turning us over a little bit, hitting some shots, so we knew, like, the theme all game, just get stops, so that's kind of what we hung our hat on, got stops, and just finished the game.

Q. You guys have kind of been this season's started games kind of slow. Did it help to have played Oregon six days ago and know what they're doing so you could get off to a faster start tonight?

ZACH REICHLE: I guess a little bit. We play every team twice in this league so we're pretty familiar with everyone, but yeah, I guess it was a little fresh in our mind that we played them on Sunday.