The Oregon State men's basketball team hasn't made the NCAA Tournament in 22 years, and it has been nearly three years since there was a truly meaningful football game at Reser Stadium, but you have to admit: This is big time.

First Lady

on Sunday, inspiring a Reser crowd of nearly 33,000 - about three-quarters capacity for a football game - and crediting her big brother for the scheduling coup.

"If I didn't speak at this year's commencement, he was gonna tell mom on me,'' the First Lady said. "Since our mother now lives with me, that threat actually still carries some weight.

"I'm not here today just because Craig has turned the Obama family into Beaver Believers, which he has. I'm also here proudly because of everything this university is doing for this country.''

It was

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And speaking of Craig Robinson's team, it was hard to find any hardwood with all the graduation festivities going on (although that will change soon, starting with Thursday's

for a practice facility). But forward

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Robinson hopes former players Gary Payton and A.C. Green will be in Corvallis, shovel in hand. They appear in

along with other OSU greats.

By the way, the Beavers are very high on 2013 commit

. His signing would be comparable to that of four-star recruit Roberto Nelson.

If you spent Father's Day watching the final round of the U.S. Open, you might still be wondering, "What just happened? Did Ty Webb actually win this?''

And if you were looking for OSU golfer Nick Sherwood strolling the hills of The Olympic Club, well, he didn't make it to the weekend. But still,

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According to

, former OSU players Ryan Gorton (Oakland) and Ryan Dunn (Tampa Bay) have signed. Still no official word, though, on junior left-hander Matt Boyd (Cincinnati) or infield recruit Dylan LaVelle (Detroit).

The Beavers are first and the Ducks last in

in the Pac-12.

And finally, from the misery-loves-company department, the Beavers football team went nowhere in 2011, but they might also have

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