Oregon State Beavers men's basketball

The Oregon State Beavers men's basketball program, established in 1901, is the intercollegiate men's basketball

College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

program of the Oregon State University

Oregon State University

Oregon State University is a coeducational, public research university located in Corvallis, Oregon, United States. The university offers undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degrees and a multitude of research opportunities. There are more than 200 academic degree programs offered through the...

Beavers

Oregon State Beavers

The Oregon State Beavers is a name shared by all sports teams at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. The Beavers are part of the Pacific-12 Conference . Oregon State's mascot is Benny the Beaver...

. The program is classified in the NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...

's Division I, and the team competes in the Pacific-12 Conference. The team is coached by Craig Robinson. OSU is the 15th winningest program of all time as of the end of the 2008-09 season with a record of 1,594 wins and 1,180 losses. The team plays home games in Gill Coliseum

Gill Coliseum

Gill Coliseum is a 10,400-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon. Opened in 1949, the arena is home to the Oregon State Beavers' basketball, wrestling, volleyball, and gymnastics teams. It is named after famed basketball coach Amory T...

NCAA record

Oregon State holds several NCAA basketball records:

Individual Records

Field Goal Percentage (Single season)
- 1st – 74.6% — Steve Johnson
  Steve Johnson (basketball)
  Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...
  
  , 1981 (235 of 315)
- 4th – 71.0% — Steve Johnson
  Steve Johnson (basketball)
  Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...
  
  , 1980 (211 of 297)
Field Goal Percentage (Career, min. 400 made and 4 made per game)
- 1st – 67.8% — Steve Johnson
  Steve Johnson (basketball)
  Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...
  
  , 1976–81 (828 of 1,222)
Field Goal Percentage (Single game, min. 12 field goals made)
- 1st (tie) – 100% Steve Johnson
  Steve Johnson (basketball)
  Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...
  
  vs. Hawaii-Hilo (13 of 13), Dec. 5, 1979
Total Rebounds (Single game)
- 15th (tie) – 36 – Swede Halbrook
  Swede Halbrook
  Harvey Wade "Swede" Halbrook was an American former NBA player who played from 1960-1962. He played in college for Oregon State University, and at 7 ft 3 in , was at the time the tallest player to ever play college basketball.-High school career:Swede Halbrook played high school basketball at...
  
  vs. Idaho, Feb. 15, 1955
Assists (Career)
- 11th – 939 – Gary Payton
  Gary Payton
  Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
  
  , 1987–1990
Average Assists Per Game (Career, min. 550 assists)
- 9th – 7.82 – Gary Payton
  Gary Payton
  Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
  
  , 1987–1990
Steals (Career)
- 18th (tie) – 321 – Gary Payton
  Gary Payton
  Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
  
  , 1987–1990

Top Season Performances by Class

Senior – Field Goal Percentage
- 1st – 74.6% — Steve Johnson
  Steve Johnson (basketball)
  Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...
  
  , 1981 (235 of 315)
Junior – Field Goal Percentage
- 1st – 71.0% — Steve Johnson
  Steve Johnson (basketball)
  Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...
  
  , 1980 (211 of 297)

Team Records

Free-Throw Percentage (Single game, min. 30 free throws made)
- 12th (tie) – 30–31 vs. Memphis, Dec. 19, 1990
Steals (Single game)
19th (tie) – 27 vs. Hawaii-Loa, Dec. 22, 1985
Field Goal Percentage (Season)
- 3rd – 56.4% – 1981
- 25th (tie) – 54.4% – 1980
All-Time Victories (Min. 25 years in Division I)
- 13th – 1,546 games
Games played vs. Single Opponent
- 1st – 332 vs. Oregon
- 2nd – 275 vs. Washington
- 4th 270 vs. Washington State
Victories vs. Single Opponent
- 1st – 182 vs. Oregon
- 6th 159 vs. Washington State

Season-by-season results

Coaches

The Oregon State men's basketball team has had 20 head coaches and one interim head coach. Both Slats Gill

Slats Gill

Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill was a men's basketball and baseball coach at Oregon State University.-Early life:Gill was born in Salem, Oregon, the youngest of eight children. His father died when he was a child. His nickname "Slats" was given to him at age 12. Gill was swimming in a local pond one...

and Ralph Miller

Ralph Miller

Ralph H. Miller was an American basketball coach. A native of Chanute, Kansas, Miller coached at the University of Wichita , the University of Iowa and Oregon State University , compiling a 657-382 overall record in 38 seasons combined...

are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The current coach, Craig Robinson, was hired by OSU in 2008 out of Brown University

Brown University

Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...

, where Robinson had just coached the Bears

Brown Bears

The Brown Bears is a name shared by all sports teams at Brown University, a university located in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States. The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference. Brown's mascot is Bruno. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 37 National...

to a school record 19 wins. Robinson is the brother of United States first lady Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama is the wife of the 44th and incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, and is the first African-American First Lady of the United States...

, and the brother-in-law to United States President

President

A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

. The longest tenured coach is Slats Gill, who was the coach for 36 seasons, winning 599 games in the process.

Head Coach	Years	Win-Loss	Pct.
J.B. Patterson	1902	1–2	.333
J.W. Viggers	1903	5–1	.883
W.O. Trine	1904–1907	39–7	.848
Roy Heater	1908	7–4	.636
E.D. Angell	1909–1910	19–8	.704
Clifford Reed Clifford Reed Clifford Reed is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Bethune–Cookman University.Reed played collegiately at Bethune-Cookman for two years after transferring from a community college.-References:...	1911	3–5	.375
E. J. Stewart E. J. Stewart Edward James "Doc" Stewart was an American football, basketball, and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator...	1912–1916	67–33	.670
Everett May	1917	11–7	.611
Howard Ray	1918	15–0	1.000
H. W. Hargiss	1919–1920	10–25	.286
R. B. Rutherford R. B. Rutherford -External links:...	1921–1922	27–19	.587
Bob Hager	1923–1928	115–53	.685
Slats Gill Slats Gill Amory Tingle "Slats" Gill was a men's basketball and baseball coach at Oregon State University.-Early life:Gill was born in Salem, Oregon, the youngest of eight children. His father died when he was a child. His nickname "Slats" was given to him at age 12. Gill was swimming in a local pond one...	1929–1964	599–392	.604
Paul Valenti	1965–1970	91–82	.526
Ralph Miller Ralph Miller Ralph H. Miller was an American basketball coach. A native of Chanute, Kansas, Miller coached at the University of Wichita , the University of Iowa and Oregon State University , compiling a 657-382 overall record in 38 seasons combined...	1971–1989	359–186	.659
Jim Anderson	1990–1995	79–90	.467
Eddie Payne Eddie Payne Eddie Payne is an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Payne will lead the USC Upstate Spartans through their first season of Division I competition in 2007–2008....	1996–2000	52–88	.371
Ritchie McKay Ritchie McKay Ritchie Lawrence McKay is an assistant coach for the Virginia Cavaliers men's basketball team. Previously, the Indianapolis, Indiana native was the head coach of Liberty University, the University of New Mexico, Oregon State, Colorado State, and Portland State.-Biography:McKay got his first head...	2001–2002	22–37	.372
Jay John Jay John Jay John is currently an assistant men's basketball coach for the California Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the former men's basketball head coach of the Oregon State Beavers at Oregon State University.-Early life:John's college basketball playing career was as a...	2003–2007	72–97	.426
Kevin Mouton Kevin Mouton Kevin Mouton is a college basketball assistant coach for Rice University in Houston, Texas. Mouton was formerly the interim head coach at Oregon State University. He became the head coach of the Beavers after the school fired Jay John on January 20, 2008. He was previously an assistant coach at... (interim)	2007	0–13	.000
Craig Robinson Craig Robinson (basketball coach) Craig Malcolm Robinson is an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Oregon State University. He was previously the head coach at Brown University. He was a star forward as a player at Princeton University in the early 1980s and a bond trader during the...	2008-present	32-36	.471

Rivalries

Oregon Ducks — The Civil War

Civil War (college rivalry)

The Civil War is a college rivalry between Oregon State University and the University of Oregon. The rivalry is one of the oldest in the nation, dating back to 1894 when the two universities' football teams first met. Although the college football game is the most popular rivalry, the two...

is Oregon State's main rivalry.

Washington Huskies — The Dog Fight is one of Oregon State's lesser known rivalry games.

Washington State Cougars — The Cougars and Beavers are longtime Pac 12 (and regional) rivals.

Current roster

The team currently has 15 players on the roster.

Notable players

Oregon State has had 75 all-conference and 32 All-America

All-America

An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players—those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply...

selections, five Pac-10 Players of the Year, 42 players selected in the NBA Draft

NBA Draft

The NBA Draft is an annual event in which the thirty teams from the National Basketball Association can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league. These players are usually amateur U.S. college basketball players, but international players are also eligible to be drafted...

, and 24 players that have gone on to play in the NBA

National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...

. Additionally, OSU basketball alumni have 4 gold medals at the Olympics

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

, including one by Lew Beck

Lew Beck (basketball)

Lewis William Beck, Jr. was an All-American college basketball player who was captain of the United States Olympic basketball team that won the Gold medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics...

, who never played in the NBA. A total of 7 players have won 11 NBA titles, including three by A. C. Green

A. C. Green

A.C. Green, Jr., is a retired American NBA basketball player who played in more consecutive games than any other player in NBA and ABA history. With 1,192 straight games played, he earned the nickname "Iron Man". He played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat...

, two by Brent Barry

Brent Barry

Brent Robert Barry is an American former professional basketball player. The , shooting guard was selected out of Oregon State University by the Denver Nuggets with the 15th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly after to the Los Angeles Clippers.Barry played professionally...

, two by Mel Counts

Mel Counts

Mel Grant Counts is a retired American basketball player who was in the NBA from 1964 to 1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He played in college for Oregon State University and was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1964...

, and one each by Red Rocha

Red Rocha

Ephraim J. "Red" Rocha was a professional basketball player and coach.-Basketball:...

, Dave Gambee

Dave Gambee

Dave Gambee is a former NBA player.He graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon, and played college basketball at Oregon State University. Gambee was drafted by the St...

, Lonnie Shelton

Lonnie Shelton

Lonnie Jewel Shelton is a retired American National Basketball Association player who played from 1976-1985. He played college basketball for Oregon State University. Shelton was drafted by the Memphis Sounds of the American Basketball Association in 1975 but elected to stay in college...

, and Gary Payton

Gary Payton

Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...

.

The players who have gone on to play in the NBA are:

Brent Barry
Brent Barry
Brent Robert Barry is an American former professional basketball player. The , shooting guard was selected out of Oregon State University by the Denver Nuggets with the 15th overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly after to the Los Angeles Clippers.Barry played professionally...
Vic Bartolome
Vic Bartolome
Victor Bartolome is an American former National Basketball Association player. He played in college for Oregon State University, and was drafted in the 6th round of the 1970 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. He played in 38 games for the Warriors through the 1971-72 season...
Corey Benjamin
Corey Benjamin
Corey Dwight Benjamin is an American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1998-2003. He graduated from Fontana High School in Fontana, California, then played college basketball for Oregon State University, and was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round of the 1998...
Ricky Berry
Ricky Berry
Ricky Alan Berry was an American professional basketball player in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings....
Ray Blume
Ray Blume
Bernard Ray Blume is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for Oregon State University.He was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round of the 1981 NBA Draft....
Freddie Boyd
Jay Carty
Jay Carty
Jay J. Carty Jr. is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for Oregon State University, and was selected by the St. Louis Hawks in the 6th round of the 1962 NBA Draft. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA for 28 games.-External links:*...
Lester Conner
Lester Conner
Lester Allen Conner is a former assistant coach for the NBA Indiana Pacers, and is a former American professional basketball player, who played for numerous NBA teams...
Mel Counts
Mel Counts
Mel Grant Counts is a retired American basketball player who was in the NBA from 1964 to 1976. He was on the United States Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He played in college for Oregon State University and was selected by the Boston Celtics in the 1964...
Gary Freeman
Gary Freeman (basketball)
Gary C. Freeman is a former NBA player from 1970-1971. He played in college for Oregon State University and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round of the 1970 NBA Draft and by the Virginia Squires in the 1970 ABA Draft.Freeman played in 11 games for the Cleveland Cavaliers and 41...
Dave Gambee
Dave Gambee
Dave Gambee is a former NBA player.He graduated from Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon, and played college basketball at Oregon State University. Gambee was drafted by the St...
A. C. Green
A. C. Green
A.C. Green, Jr., is a retired American NBA basketball player who played in more consecutive games than any other player in NBA and ABA history. With 1,192 straight games played, he earned the nickname "Iron Man". He played for the Los Angeles Lakers, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat...
Swede Halbrook
Swede Halbrook
Harvey Wade "Swede" Halbrook was an American former NBA player who played from 1960-1962. He played in college for Oregon State University, and at 7 ft 3 in , was at the time the tallest player to ever play college basketball.-High school career:Swede Halbrook played high school basketball at...
Scott Haskin
Scott Haskin
Scott Russell Haskin is a retired American professional basketball player who was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 1st round of the 1993 NBA Draft. Haskin played one season in the NBA for the Pacers, appearing in 27 games and averaging 2.0 ppg. He played collegiately at Oregon State...
Jim Jarvis
Jim Jarvis
Jim Jarvis is a retired American basketball player. A point guard, Jarvis played collegiately at Oregon State University, where he helped the Beavers win the NCAA West Regional championship in 1963 and earn their first Final Four appearance.He was drafted by the San Francisco Warriors of the...
Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson (basketball)
Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...
John Mandic
John Mandic
John J. Mandic was an NBA player who played from 1948-1950. He played in college for Oregon State University. He played in 56 games for the Indianapolis Jets, 3 games for the Baltimore Bullets, and 22 for the Washington Capitols over the 1948-49 and 1949-50 seasons.-External links:* - John...
José Ortiz
José Ortiz
José Rafael Ortiz , better known as Piculín or Picu, is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player...
Gary Payton
Gary Payton
Gary Dwayne Payton is a former American professional basketball point guard. He is best known for his 13-year tenure with the Seattle SuperSonics, and holds Seattle franchise records in points, assists, and steals...
Loy Petersen
Loy Petersen
Loy M. Petersen is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association from 1968–1970. A guard, he played in college for Oregon State University, and was drafted in the second round of the 1968 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls...
Mark Radford
Mark Radford
Mark Jeffrey Radford is an American former National Basketball Association player who played from 1981–1983. He played in college for Oregon State University, and was drafted in the third round of the 1981 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics...
Red Rocha
Red Rocha
Ephraim J. "Red" Rocha was a professional basketball player and coach.-Basketball:...
Lonnie Shelton
Lonnie Shelton
Lonnie Jewel Shelton is a retired American National Basketball Association player who played from 1976-1985. He played college basketball for Oregon State University. Shelton was drafted by the Memphis Sounds of the American Basketball Association in 1975 but elected to stay in college...
Charlie Sitton
Charlie Sitton
Charles E. "Charlie" Sitton is a retired American basketball player.-Oregon State career:A 6' 8" forward, he played high school basketball at McMinnville High School and college basketball for Oregon State from 1981 to 1984. As a freshman, Sitton was a member of the last Oregon State team to...

Orange Express

The 1980-1981 Oregon State men's basketball season was arguably one of the best and ironically most upsetting basketball seasons in Oregon State history. The team was referred to as the Orange Express and was led by Beaver legendary coach Ralph Miller

Ralph Miller

. The Orange Express season was Beaver great, Steve Johnson's

Steve Johnson (basketball)

Clarence Stephen "Steve" Johnson is a retired American professional basketball player, who played for numerous teams. He played the power forward and center positions...

, last year at OSU. This season would be the first time in OSU history that the Beavers would win at UCLA

Pauley Pavilion

Edwin W. Pauley Pavilion, commonly known as Pauley Pavilion, is an indoor arena located in the Westwood Village district of Los Angeles, California, on the campus of UCLA. It is home to the UCLA Bruins men's and women's basketball teams...

. The Orange Express spent a school record 25 weeks as #1 in the polls while finishing with a 26-2 record. At 26-1 the team would go into the NCAA tournament

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...

as a number one seed and were upset by number eight seed Kansas State

Kansas State Wildcats

Kansas State University's athletic teams are called the Wildcats. The official color of the teams is Royal Purple, making Kansas State one of very few schools that have only one official color; white and silver are generally used as complementary colors.Kansas State participates in...

50-48. Miller was awarded UPI and AP Coach of the Year honors and Steve Johnson would receive All-American

1981 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans

The Consensus 1981 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the...

honors. Throughout 1980-83 OSU held a 77-11 record which at the time was only bested by DePaul's

DePaul Blue Demons men's basketball

The DePaul Blue Demons Men's Basketball program is the NCAA Division I intercollegiate men's basketball program of DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois...

79-6 record. This record would include a 35-1 record at Gill Coliseum

Gill Coliseum

including a school best 24 wins in a row.

Conferences

Years	Conference
1901–1908	Independent
1908–1915	Northwest Conference (NWC)
1915–1959	Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) Pacific Coast Conference The Pacific Coast Conference was a college athletic conference in the United States which existed from 1915 to 1959. Though the Pacific-12 Conference claims the PCC's history as part of its own, the older league had a completely different charter and was disbanded in 1959 due to a major crisis...
1959–1964	Independent
1964–1968	Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU)
1968–1978	Pacific-8 Conference
1978–2011	Pacific-10 Conference
2011–present	Pacific-12 Conference

Post-Season History

NCAA Tournament (16 appearances)

1947: lost to Oklahoma 56-54, beat Wyoming 63-46 (West Regional consolation)

1949: beat Arkansas 56-38, lost to Oklahoma State 55-30 (West Regional final)

1955: beat Seattle 83-71, lost to San Francisco 57-56 (West Regional final)

1962: beat Seattle 69-65 OT, beat Pepperdine 69-67, lost to UCLA 88-69 (West Regional final)

1963: beat Seattle 70-66, beat San Francisco 65-61, beat Arizona State 83-65, lost to Cincinnati 80-46, lost to Duke 85-63 (Final Four third place game)

1964: lost to Seattle 61-57 (West Regional first round)

1966: beat Houston 63-60, lost to Utah 70-64 (West Regional final)

1975: beat Middle Tennessee State 78-67, lost to Indiana 81-71, lost to Central Michigan 88-87 (Midwest Regional consolation)

1980: (2), lost to (10) Lamar 81-77 (West Regional second round)

1981: (1), lost to (8) Kansas State 50-48 (West Regional second round)

1982: (2), beat (7) Pepperdine 70-51, beat (3) Idaho 60-42, lost to (1) Georgetown 69-45 (West Regional final)

1984: (6), lost to (11) West Virginia 64-62 (Mideast Regional first round)

1985: (10), lost to (7) Notre Dame 79-70 (Southeast Regional first round)

1988: (12), lost to (5) Louisville 70-61 (Southeast Regional first round)

1989: (6), lost to (11) Evansville 94-90 OT (West Regional first round)

1990: (5), lost to (12) Ball State 54-53 (West Regional first round)

National Invitational Tournament (4 appearances)

1979: lost to Nevada 61-62 (1st Round)

1983: beat Idaho 77-59, beat New Orleans 88-71, lost to Fresno State 67-76 (Quarterfinal)

1987: beat New Mexico 85-82, lost to California 62-65 (2nd Round)

2005: lost to Cal State Fullerton 83-85 (opening round)

College Basketball Invitational (2 appearances, 1 Championship)

2009: beat Houston 49-45, beat Vermont 71-70 OT, beat Stanford 65-62 OT, beat UTEP 75-69, lost to UTEP 63-70, beat UTEP 81-73 (Tournament Champions)

2010: lost to Boston University 78-96 (first round)

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