This is how I see it!

Beers, Gardiner, and TVO should get big minutes, and they did in both games this weekend. Gardiner will likely take a while to have the conditioning she needs to play 28+ mpg. Jelena barely played this weekend. You can't blame the losses on her 12 minutes, and 9 minutes in those games. Her and Beers are a real nice Post combo. Jelena is needed as Beers and Gardiner aren't going to play 40 minutes a game.

I agree with you on the players who should see the most minutes at their positions (not necessarily who starts). AJ doesn't provide the 3pt shooting Aaron does, and Aaron will be back next season. There is room for both. They go back and forth on who has the better game, so I think you roll with that to some extent.....and I'd love to know that someone was working with AJ on rebounding.

I think Martha should get more minutes than Noelle, although when you look at the stats, Noelle almost always has a solid performance. Realistically, if she averaged the 7-8ish points she's been getting lately, we should be happy with that. The problem is if you have Noelle, who is not a scorer, and Bendu, who is not a scorer, on the court with TVO, who has been in a shooting slump, you don't have anyone to take pressure off the inside scorers. You can't count on Beers having big games if the defense can keep collapsing on her. Someone has to start hitting the 3's. I'm for giving Lily, Adlee, and Martha more playing time if you can work that in. In time, all three of them have an excellent shot at being important contributors on future Beaver seasons.

Will the freshman stick around? Who knows. The Beavs gave playing time to Sasha. She left. They gave time to Greta. She left. They gave time to Kennedy. She left. They gave time to Taylor. She left. It's a lot more than just playing time going into the decision of these players. Beers loves Oregon State. I think she's back, and I think she may be the inspiration for others. We'll see. I know if I were a player not on the Beaver team, I would love to come and play with Raegan, so maybe she'll help with some spring transfers.

I've said this too many times already, this season is much like 2012/2013. Next season will be much more like 2013/2014. That is almost a certainty unless there are major injuries, or lots of transfers out. I think even the young players on this team understand that. It would really help if they could make the NIT and get a few more games of experience, but that will be a tough road to make now. They would need 5-6 more wins, and they are going to need to battle for that.

Is this summer the overseas trip? Pretty sure it's been 4 years. Experience together this summer would really help rolling into next fall as well.

I still believe in a bright future, and a present where you need to enjoy watching some talented youth like Beers and Gardiner learn to play together, because you will get disappointed with the W's and L's along the way.

It's definitely two steps forward, and one or two steps back. This young team is growing, and there is going to be some ugly!! Luckily, we have such great basketball knowledge on this board, SR will see it, take our amazing knowledge, and then this team will never lose.

MIK is not developing or at least much too slowly. She is not physical enough in her play or body. How many times as she lost the ball off her hands or get a rebound and put it on the floor and lost it. 6'9" and tries to dribble with several defenders around. She just doesn't have the physical skills needed to play. Slow in speed and quickness. Her fouls are mostly from reaching. She really is not intimidating. They shoot short shots over her without any problems I would rather go with 4 guards to give Beers or Gardner (speed and quickness),Mik needs to start beefing up and banging people around like Beers does.

Mit is a good passer and mid-range shooter as beaveragain said. IMO, her defense is a mixed bag. Yes, she can block shots and force a player to take a more off-kilter shot or to back off completely due to her height.
But her lack of overall athletic ability is not going away. She is relatively slow and lacks agility. That affects her on both ends of the court and in most aspects of the game. There are a few technique things that she could improve like not bringing the ball down too low after catching a pass or grabbing a rebound, but she is just often too awkward in her movements inside. She is a good role player, nothing more. And she would get fewer minutes on most other teams.
As for who should be getting the most minutes, obviously Beers, Gardiner and TVO should. 
The problem is that second level that is next. Who is really producing? Again, nobody is playing consistent basketball except for probably Mannen, but she is also somewhat limited in how much she can impact a game.
Yeaney also plays pretty well in several areas but is not a scorer.
Other than those two, who is playing good defense game in and game out? Or even occasionally? Who is the consistent scorer?
I have no idea about the two freshmen guards because Rueck does not play them much, but they practice, so I assume the staff does not see enough indication that they are ready.
And again, no real point guard to lead the team.

I actually think a big part of it is Rueck’s lack effort, or at least wins in the portal. I’m contrast, Tinkle has worked the portal heavily, and may end up with more conference wins with far less top-end talent. Rueck is sitting in 4 scholarships (and no walk-ons), and is perpetually two injuries away from not having 5on5 in practice - it makes no sense to me. As a result, this year’s roster had no choice but to give frosh big minutes, and it was pretty clear that much if this frosh class wasn’t going to be ready for that. If Rueck is keeping extra scholarships around so that he has more minute/player to keep kids from transferring, it’s not working.

Losing 4 experienced (and generally better) players in exchange for a net 2 has come home to roost. That’s the most troubling thing to me-OSU is clearly not a priority destination for players in the portal era. Whatever the reason for that is the root of what needs fixed, IMO.

Rueck's portal recruitment- SR, to my knowledge, has only gone after players that he personally knew from high school recruiting or who someone who he's friends with has recommended to him. I don't think he's ever gone after someone just based off of stats.

Really good breakdown. A and B are absolute necessities. Would like to see more out of Marotte but need her back as well. 
I think D and E are the biggest keys to success aside from getting Beers, Gardiner and TVO back and playing high level hoops. Shuler needs to show early on that she's a legit point guard at this level. But even assuming that she does, I believe Rueck really needs to find another PG in the portal who is a plug and play type. They need PGs with speed/quickness, passing ability (obviously) and the ability to create shots and hit from the perimeter. And they can't be defensive liabilities. Pietsch and Mannen should be providing depth at the position.
Speaking of the portal, it really would be a plus if Rueck landed another big to round out depth on the front line. An injury would be a major issue right now.
F and G would be nice but more of icing on the cake than high level needs.