2015 – 16 Oregon State Beavers men 's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . The Beavers were led by second-year head coach Wayne Tinkle , and played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis , Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference . The Beavers finished the season 19 – 13 , 9 – 9 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place . They defeated Arizona State in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament before losing to California in the quarterfinals . OSU received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 7 seed in the West Region , marking the Beavers ' first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1990 . The Beavers lost in the First Round of the Tournament to VCU
Pac-12 Tournament
2016 Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team