BERKELEY, Calif. – Wayne Tinkle qualified his Thursday night fashion choice with the claim that he is not superstitious.
Yet as Oregon State entered another critical contest with the need to snap a 10-game road conference losing streak, the head coach felt he needed something to break the drought that has been a roadblock to the Beavers' postseason goals.
So he dipped into his closet before OSU's road trip and brought out the sweater vests that he had donned on the sideline of Montana's back-to-back Big Sky Conference Tournament championship game victories in 2012 and 2013.
"Just wanted to mix it up on the road.