The Oregonian · Oct 12, 2016
For Oregon State basketball, boot camp brought unity, discipline
CORVALLIS – For a two-week stretch in September, a nightly text would buzz on the phone of each Oregon State men's basketball player.
The message arrived with the plan for the coming day, one that required players to wake up before sunrise, throw on custom short-sleeve camo T-shirts and black athletic shorts and report to the Sports Performance Center just west of Gill Coliseum no later than 6 a.m.
On the back of each shirt read the same slogan: "Band of Brothers."