As promised, here’s today’s screed about the state of Oregon State men’s basketball, and why the new coach can lead the Beavers out of the morass of the past 18 seasons, only two of which haven’t ended with a losing record, and every one of which has ended on a disappointing note.
(Some of these thoughts have been interspersed in different blogs here over the past several weeks. The objective today is to consolidate and (hopefully) provide a concise analysis of the pickle the Beavers are in in the wake of their just-completed train wreck of a season.)
First, I’ll agree with athletic director Bob De Carolis that while rebuilding the program is a hard job, OSU men’s hoops isn’t the dead-end, coaching-graveyard undertaking many detractors — including, to my surprise, numerous Beaver Disbelievers who should have more faith in their alma mater’s positives — make it out to be.
To wit (I love bullet points. Succinct, to the point, and no effort wasted on oft-cumbersome transition paragraphs):
* OSU is a Pacific-10 Conference, Bowl-Championship Series school. On Sunday, check out how many NCAA bids these six BCS conferences receive. Better yet, wait two weeks and see how many BCS-conference teams have advanced to the Sweet 16.

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