The Oregon State Beavers women’s basketball team earned a bid in the 2025 NCAA Tournament this year as a 14 seed. They ended the season in fourth place in the West Coast Conference at 19-15 and 12-8 within the conference.
As the fourth seed, they made an improbable run to the championship in the West Coast Conference tournament where they faced off against the No. 2 seed Portland team. They won 59-46 and earned an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.
This is the second year in a row they’ve earned a big after a run to the Elite Eight in last year's tournament. Prior to 2024, they missed out on 2022 and 2023 but were involved in March Madness seven of the eight years before that.
The Beavers had an up-and-down season but ended the regular season winning seven of their last 10 games. In those seven wins, they had an average margin of victory of 15.8 points.
They are led by senior forward Kelsey Rees who averages 12.8 points and 7.6 rebounds, leading the team in both of those categories while adding 1.7 assists per game. AJ Marotte, a senior guard, is her running mate, averaging 11.4 points per game, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.4 assists.
They are matched up against the three-seed North Carolina Tar Heels in the Birmingham Region where they will go into Carmichael Arena looking for the upset. UNC finished the season 27-7 and 13-5 in the ACC conference. They were ranked as high as high as 8th in the country as recent as two weeks ago but back-to-back losses to Duke and Virginia knocked them down.
How to watch Oregon State vs North Carolina:
- Date: March 22, 2025
- Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
- Venue: Carmichael Arena, Chapel Hill, NC
- How to watch: ESPNU
- How to stream: ESPN+ / fuboTV
- Oregon State Record: 19-15
- North Carolina Record: 27-7