Coming off the heels of last season’s brutal 5-27 campaign, Oregon State is seriously looking forward to a fresh start for the 2017-2018 season and with good reason. There’s a chance that the Beavers could be the surprise team in the Pac-12 next season, due to the fact that they might start one of the more formidable five-man units in the conference. However, they must first weather the chaos of any college basketball off-season, that at this very moment begins with two Oregon State stars and their potential NBA Draft status.
Oregon State’s projected starters will rely on both guard Stephen Thompson Jr.