Oregon State is No. 8 overall in the latest NCAA Tournament Selection Committee rankings revealed Monday evening.
The ranking keeps the Beavers as a No. 2 seed, but will likely push them back into No. 1 Connecticut's bracket in this week's tournament field projections. OSU dropped one spot from the last reveal two weeks ago, before the Beavers lost a stunner to USC but responded with three consecutive victories over No. 13 UCLA, Colorado and Utah.
But the opportunity to move up awaits the Beavers. OSU (25-3, 14-2 Pac-12) is tied with Stanford, which is ranked 10th by the committee, for first in the Pac-12 standings heading into Friday's massive showdown between the two teams at Gill Coliseum. OSU concludes the regular season Sunday against California, before next week's Pac-12 Tournament in Seattle.
This is the last set of rankings revealed by the committee before Selection Monday on March 13.
These rankings could see a shakeup as early as Monday night, as No. 7 Maryland plays at Ohio State and No. 6 Texas hosts No. 3 Baylor.
NCAA Selection Committee rankings (in order)
No. 1 seeds Connecticut
Mississippi State
Baylor
Notre Dame
No. 2 seeds South Carolina
Texas
Maryland
Oregon State
No. 3 seeds Florida State
Stanford
Duke
Washington
No. 4 seeds
UCLA
Louisville
Kentucky
Oklahoma
-- Gina Mizell | @ginamizell
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