Oregon State entered the 2015-16 season with rising expectations and evolving questions marks.
Coming off a turnaround season once deemed highly unlikely, the Beavers integrated a top 20 freshman class into a roster that returned over 90 percent of its scoring. The early returns have been promising as OSU emerged from its non-conference slate at 9-2, with its only losses coming to No. 2 Kansas (11-1) and Valparaiso (10-3).
"The schedule we put in place obviously we knew it was going to be more challenging than a year ago," second-year head coach Wayne Tinkle said Tuesday during the Pac-12 coaches teleconference.