So, rebound year?

Barring injury, Tres Tinkle is likely to have some really good numbers, possibly a triple double or three mixed in. Don't know if you call it game changing or not, but his last 8-10 games of his freshman year he was pushing GP2 on scoring and I think a few other categories.

I'm thinking on the whole the surrounding cast might be a bit better this year than a couple years back.

I've been thinking 17-18 wins is a lock,22-ish is possible.

But, with the impish pre-season schedule/RPI it does give this team an opportunity for some bigger RPI wins which will be much needed come post season selections.

Question... besides highlights have you ever seen ET play?

If Tres has a "monster" (depending on your definition) year that means Drew and the other "bigs" are not. This team has one chance to be good... and that is to be a "team". We need 3-5 guys on the glass, not one getting 10+ boards. We need multiple options on offense getting touches with ball and player movement... each capable of going off on any one night.

Tres is a fine kid/player, but he is not a "franchise" type that can carry a team on his back for 30 games... he hasn't even played in 30 games in any one season... 33 total over his career! Last season he had a great (6) game run vs weak OOC teams. His 20/8 were not going to continue and he shot .160 from three. He was our best player to that point, but needs to stay healthy, shoot closer to 50% from the floor overall and back up to 32% from three. Our front court needs to share the load with Tres being the leader, but not having to carry the load.

I've seen Ethan play in organized and pick up play. He can become a very good player, but this is elite D1 ball, especially when Pac12 play begins. He's not seen that type of overall play when it truly counts. He'll having his growing pains and highlights just like every other newbie. In league we will rarely have the best player on the court. We will need to have the best "team".

I thought Eubanks made a huge improvement from his freshman year to sophomore. If he makes his game more complete, he will be a force and an NBA guy.

I trust the Coach when he says Ethan is game-ready:  "It was great to see that Ethan was really good, especially early on, like he’d been here for two or three years,” coach Tinkle said, adding that the guard may have tired as the week went on. “He’s making plays at the rim, great ballhandler. We know last year we didn’t have great depth at the point guard position. He’s certainly bringing that.”

I can't figure out these people who think Tres won't amount to much. He's played only 33 games over parts of two seasons, he's starting his sophomore year, and statistically he's put up numbers which blow away Charlie Sitton's first two years and compare favorably to or better than Charlie's junior year.

Now Charlie came in arguably surrounded by more talent his first two seasons than Tres did, so he didn't need to put up big numbers, but Tres has played very comparable to the level (maybe a bit better as far as rebounds, blocks and steals go) Charlie did year three.

I certainly don't expect a freshman forward, especially one who sat out the previous summers with foot injuries both years, to come in and dominate at this level... not 35 years ago, not now... but he's the closest thing to a dominant freshman forward I think I've seen at OSU since I started following in the mid-70s. I expect his game should take another step forward this year barring injury.

Tres Tinkle is your game changing talent. I know he isn't on anyone's lottery list but he will have an impact similar to GPII if he can take his vitamins and change his shoes or something to stay healthy. 

Tres is an above average scorer, i think he will average close to 20. You can build wins around that. He just has a knack for getting the ball in the hoop, inside or outside, home or away.  Winning teams have a go to guy for buckets. That's him. 

The other guys, well there's some pieces in the cupboard, let's see if they sum up into a team or if they still look like just each guy doing his own thing, like last year..   Eubanks big boy pants should fit him now. There is no excuse for him not to win his matchup game in and game out, beating his man to spots, and not losing track of the back door (so many layups last year ARRGGH).  He's got to winning the finer points of the game if he wants the NBA to open for him. If he realizes the GMs care more about his lowlight reel than his highlight reel he will become the kind of team player that merits a high draft pick.  If the beavs are a good team it will revolve around him and they will beat a path to his door.  

I'm still not sure about our guards,  Stevie got off to a really slow start last year,  im not convinced Mcquori is fast enough to be a pg, E Thompson is still learning.  

Frontcourt good, backcourt?