EUGENE — Count Oregon State coach Scott Rueck among those not interested in continuing the rivalry series with Oregon .

“If it were up to me,” said Rueck, “we wouldn’t be playing this game. Not yet.”

Rueck’s team lost, 96-73 , to Kelly Graves’ surging Ducks (10-0) on Wednesday night at Matthew Knight Arena. It was never particularly competitive, despite a bounce-back second half from the Beavers (5-4) which included winning the third quarter, 24-15.

The 16th-year OSU head coach’s view on the rivalry game doesn’t appear to be rooted in sour grapes. He continually gave Graves and the Ducks credit for a performance Wednesday night that included shooting 68% from the field and forcing 22 turnovers.

This is a long-held view of Rueck’s since the Pac-12 imploded, he said.

“I have too mu

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