2008–09 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

2008–09 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball
CBI Champions
ConferencePacific-10 Conference
Record18–18 (7–11 Pac-10)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Doug Stewart (1st season)
  • Nate Pomeday (1st season)
  • David Grace (1st season)
Home arenaGill Coliseum
2008–09 Pacific-10 Conference
men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 15 Washington 14 4   .778 26 9   .743
No. 18 UCLA 13 5   .722 26 9   .743
No. 19 Arizona State 11 7   .611 25 10   .714
California 11 7   .611 22 11   .667
USC 9 9   .500 22 13   .629
Arizona 9 9   .500 21 14   .600
Washington State 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Oregon State 7 11   .389 18 18   .500
Stanford 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Oregon 2 16   .111 8 23   .258
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008–09 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 2008–09 season. Playing in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) and led by first-year head coach Craig Robinson, the Beavers finished the season with a 18–18 overall record and won the 2009 College Basketball Invitational. It was Oregon State's first-ever postseason tournament championship. Their 12-win improvement over the previous season was the third-highest turnaround in Division I in 2008–09.

In Pac-10 play, the Beavers finished in eighth place with a 7–11 record. They lost in the first round of the 2009 Pac-10 tournament to Stanford, 62–54.