Oregon State extends hoops coach Robinson

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03/02/2010 - Corvallis, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Oregon State and men's head basketball coach Craig Robinson have agreed in principle on a two-year contract extension through the 2015-16 season.

The announcement from Oregon State director of athletics Bob De Carolis stated terms of the contract will be released in the near future.

Robinson left his head coaching position at Brown University following the 2007-08 season to take over a struggling OSU program that had just completed a miserable 6-25 season, becoming the first team in Pac-10 history to go 0-18 in conference play.

In Robinson's first season, the Beavers went 18-18 and captured the program's first postseason title in school history after taking the College Basketball Invitational tournament in a best-of-three series with UTEP.

"This extension represents a mutual commitment to the future of Oregon State men's basketball," said Robinson. "We will continue to recruit the best student-athletes, invest in our facilities and build a successful team on and off the court. We have ambitious goals and look forward to returning the Oregon State basketball program to prominence."

The Beavers are 13-15 this season with two games remaining on their schedule, bringing Robinson's ledger thus far to 31-33 -- the team's best two-year period since the 1989-90 and 1990-91 seasons.

"This new agreement ensures his leadership will be felt for a long time and adds continued stability to the program," De Carolis said. "He has shown a keen understanding of how to build a program the right way and has already made significant strides in restoring the proud tradition of Oregon State men's basketball."

Robinson, the brother-in-law of U.S. President Barack Obama, was 30-28 in two seasons with Brown and led the Bears to a school record 19 victories in his final year. Prior to Brown, Robinson worked at Northwestern, where he spent six seasons with the Wildcats under head coach Bill Carmody.

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