Beavs WBB First Official Practice is Monday, October 1

These athletes have a long season....Virtually 6 full months from first week of practice to the last week of their NCAA Tournament run....
Plus post-season and pre-season training sessions...It takes dedication to stick with this regimen.

The "dedication" part of excellence is often overlooked by your typical fan, by recruitniks, but it certainly isn't by good coaches..

Coach R has an exceptional eye for recruiting kids who not only work year round, but who continue to work even when things are not going well, when they're not getting floor time, when incoming players beat them out, when biding their time while an upperclassman is being rewarded for her loyalty to the program.

Most players remain dedicated when things are falling into place. But in basketball about 1/3 of the players don't see much floor time, and for some of them it doesn't seem like they will in the future either....These players must remain dedicated, uptempo, and selfless for the team to attain real chemistry, real cohesion.

The 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th players lace up everyday. They sweat and grind, grunt and groan elbow to elbow with the starters week after week. They provide competition for the starters. They get banged and bruised. They might not see the floor even after 3 or 4 years at the end of the bench.

But they're still there. Every day. Competing tough, playing tough every single day.
They know what dedication means. What it really means.

These players with their special brand of dedication, are just one of the reasons I love this program.

GO BEAVS

A source very close to the team confirmed again today that Monday, October 1 is the first day of practice for the OSU women's team.

I believe that NCAA rules allow for 30 practices within a 42-day period prior to the team's first official game. Consequently, teams may opt to have their first official practice day on a date different than another team even if both teams have their first official game on November 9.

EXCITING! We need some Corvallis-based fans at practices giving us practice reports. Who are you? Please!

Bhf has it right, they are allowed 30 "official" practices in that period.  While they can start later than the 42 day  period allows but not before.  The only change this year was in the potential date of the first game of the season, they moved it earlier by a few days to align with the men's schedule.

There are big windows court side so taking a peek wouldn't hurt 

A backcourt with Pivec and Slocum is going to be STRONG. They both look so muscular. Will definitely help have 2 strong point guards in the backcourt. The addition of Slocum is so valuable in the sense that it will help move everyone to their natural position where the will be so much more effective. Ex. moving Tudor from the 2 to the 3 will benefit her a lot in the sense that with 2 distributors like Pivec and Slocum she will be able to spot up and shoot all day. KTMac will get to utilize her versatility more than last year, and Mik will get to be more of a scorer and less of a distributor.

One interesting thing is coming out of HS, ESPN deemed Slocum a Combo-guard and Pivec a PG. I’d say it is more reversed.

Also, Aquino and Morris will be a scary duo probably sooner than later.