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Message: [QUOTE="newfrontier, post: 3119077, member: 8141"] Oregon State is really tricky to predict for next year because so much depends on how good some of its young bigs turn out to be. They do return 4 excellent, experienced guards as you mentioned. Their 5th guard/wing (Simmons) somewhat under performed as a freshman IMO but has potential. They also return 3 front court players with experience, but 1 is undersized (the 6'1" Washington...and 6'1" is being generous), 1 is a hustler but offensively challenged and foul prone (6'2" Thropay), and the third is a good rebounder and fair to good defender but is offensively inconsistent (6'3" Corosdale). So, ultimately how far the Beavers go will depend a lot on how their 2 other inexperienced returning bigs ( sophomore 6'7" Morris, redshirt freshman 6'9" Aquino) develop over winter and/or how fast their new freshman (6'9" Mitrovic, 6'6" Brown, 6'3" Jones) learn from the get go. If at least 2 of these 5 can make significant contributions both offensively and defensively next season, the Beavers could battle with Oregon and Stanford. [/QUOTE]