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Oregon State Basketball: 2018-19 season preview for the Beavers

By Jason Burgess

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LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 08: Head coach Wayne Tinkle of the Oregon State Beavers reacts during a quarterfinal game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament against the USC Trojans at T-Mobile Arena on March 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Trojans won 61-48. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 08: Head coach Wayne Tinkle of the Oregon State Beavers reacts during a quarterfinal game of the Pac-12 basketball tournament against the USC Trojans at T-Mobile Arena on March 8, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Trojans won 61-48. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

Can Oregon State climb in the Pac-12 this season?

For a team that hasn’t finished higher than sixth place in the conference over the last 10 years and doesn’t have much of a post-season pedigree, the Beavers were on the brink of turning the corner last season. Last season the Beavers went 8-4 during the non-conference portion of their schedule, but a loss to St. John’s was the only game against a power-five conference team. This season they take part in U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam in November, after a first-round game with Old Dominion, possible meetings with the likes of Penn, Kansas State, and Missouri could loom.

League play will test the Beavers right away as they face archrival Oregon in the opener, then host the LA schools UCLA and USC before traveling to Arizona to face the Wildcats and Sun Devils all before the end of January.

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Is 2018-19 the year that Oregon State turns the corner in the Pac-12 and begins the climb to join the group of teams that will be in the conversation for an NCAA Tournament berth on a more consistent basis?

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