Shocky1;842582692 said:
team: oregon state beavers
shockster 2015/2016 pac 12 prediction: 6th place
coach: wayne "who's your daddy" tinkle
what you need to know about tinkle: wayne's daughter elle plays at gonzaga & daughter joslyn plays at stanford
what up in corvallis?: the beavs return everybody including senior point guard gary payton ii (13.4 ppg, 7.5 rpg & 3.2 apg), malcolm dunvivier (10.7 ppg & 3.5 apg), victor robbins (10.3 ppg), berkeley's langston morris-walker (9.3 ppg & 4.6 rpg), jarmal reid (8.3 ppg) & olaf schaftenaar (7.8 ppg) plus tinkle's son tres & assistant coach stephen thompson's son jr (whose recruitment wisely ended by the cal staff when dad took the job in corvallis), both are top 100 2015 recruits...the beavs play fundamentally sound defense but their abysmal team rebounding (other than payton) will hold them back, osu is gonna be tough when the final score for both teams is in the 50s & 60s
gregg gottlieb is one of the top assistant coaches in the pac 12 in terms of player development & coach thompson is real good in steering his sons away from world class educational opportunities in order to achieve his career goals, maybe ethan will get the chance to do his own thing
what this means for the bears: cal will need to push tempo vs the methodical osu, the new 30 second clock rule will not help the deliberate beavs
oregon state is 15-8/6-6 including a 77-71 victory on their home court over a tired (5 days on the road in the freezing azz northwest, ivan was under the weather) that could not match their energy, they are a cohesive well coached team
the beavers live & die with 6'3" 180 lbs gary payton ii (16.4 ppg with only 30.2% on 3 pointers, 7.8 rpg, 5.4 apg & 2.4 spg) who along with t-wall are the players with the most diversified skill sets in the pac 12...osu also got recently starting freshman coach's son 6'8" 220 lbs tres tinkle (12.1 ppg & 4.9 rpg), freshman assistant coach's son 6'4" 170 lbs stephen thompson jr (9.9 ppg with a 36.4%% on 3 pointers), 6'10" 240 lbs drew eubanks (7.4 ppg with a lethal 57.9% on fgs & 4.1 rpg), 6'10" 235 lbs olaf schaftennar (6.5 ppg & 3.0 rpg), 6'2" 210 lbs malcolm dunvivier (6.4 ppg) & former berkeley high school 6'5" 215 lbs langston morris-walker (5.7 ppg)
the gameplan for the bears is simple, cal can win this game if they play relentless lockdown d & push tempo while pounding the beavers on the boards & attacking the basket while limiting gpii
let's do this (got a lot of energy)#