Oregon State has been picked to finish fifth in the Pac-12 women's basketball preseason coaches poll, the league announced Thursday.
The Beavers are coming off their best season in program history, advancing to their first Final Four run after sharing the Pac-12 regular-season title with Arizona State and winning the conference tournament. But OSU lost Pac-12 Player of the Year Jamie Weisner, two-time league Defensive Player of the Year Ruth Hamblin and three other seniors off of a team that won 32 games. The Beavers return All-Pac-12 point guard Sydney Wiese and welcome in a recruiting class with three ESPN top-100 prospects in Mikayla Pivec, Kat Tudor and Maddie Washington.