Any news on the "when do we stop not playing" front?

This looks to be a substantial outbreak on the team.  I would bet at least 50% of the team has been positive, and most likely haven't been able to test negative again yet to keep going.  Rough, rough situation. 

The only comparable situation in Pac-12 women's basketball was Utah, because they (like the Beavs) immediately announced that they had a problem. It was then possible to count off 14 days to figure out the earliest date that the Utes could return.

Washington State never publicly stated when they first had a problem. Their first announcement was on 12/4 saying that they were cancelling their opening game of the season on 12/6. Then they played on 12/11. So it may seem like they were only shut down for a week but that's only because we don't know the date of the first exposure. (Similarly, when their earlier non-conference games were cancelled, WSU just said they were cancelled without explaining why.)

Colorado announced on 12/20 that their game later that day needed to be cancelled, and then played 12 days later. But later it was explained that the potential exposure had occurred on 12/12 or 12/13, allowing them to count off the 14 days beginning with the exposure date and thus they were able to play on 1/1.

The Beavs are now on day 16 from the date of their first announcement, two days past a 14-day quarantine period. I think you're right, there must have been an outbreak with so many exposures on the team that they cannot field the minimum number of players. The Pac-12 basketball protocol does not allow a team to cancel games on their own based on losing too many players at one position or losing too many starters. The rules seem clear - if you have 7 available scholarship players and one coach, then your team is considered available to play and the conference will not cancel the game (though obviously you could choose to forfeit). Hopefully at least some of the players are practicing and the others are experiencing no ill effects, but at this point we're still in the dark.

men’s team now in the same boat. Announced shutdown today.

Well there is your answer right there.  The men and women would be hard pressed to practice social distancing while on the same water craft!  

How did our football team mange so well??

We probably will never get a straight forward, informative answer from anyone officially associated with OSU....
But it seems very weird that both MBB & WBB are shut down at the same time.
Is there any other PAC-12 school where that is happening, or has happened?

At any rate, I'm sad for the players. But I'm also curious as to the general explanation for OSU getting hit harder than the other programs....
OSU is widely known for doing the right thing, and for running a good program.

Until we get some authenticated information, we're all pretty much shootin' crows at midnight. Blindfolded.
GO BEAVS!!

I don't believe OSU is being hit harder than other programs.  Just in the Pac 12 alone;  USC, Utah, Colorado, WSU, and just today ASU have also shut down for periods of time.  Just as many, many other programs are across the country.  It may seem like OSU is being hit hard simply based on the number of games that are not being played.  Honestly, I am a little surprised that they will not be playing this coming weekend, based on the timing of the initial communication after the WSU game.  I mentioned in an earlier post that there are some players practicing, which I believe is still accurate.  Just take a stroll around the facility one afternoon.

I am hopeful that they will be able to play again soon.  With ASU announcing today, that will likely impact the next scheduled games for OSU and probably limit that trip to only UA.  That will be a tough one to play after a month plus of not playing.

The NCAA made a wise decision up front to grant all of these players another year of eligibility.  Whatever games they can get in this year are a bonus.