[tps_title]Jeff Faraudo[/tps_title]
[tps_header]Bay Area News Group[/tps_header]
The Beavers were actually picked to finish sixth.
OSU coach Wayne Tinkle's offseason mandate to senior PG Gary Payton Jr.: “We have to maintain the same hunger as when we were picked last.”
— Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) October 15, 2015
The conference does look far more balanced and stronger overall from top to bottom.
WSU coach Ernie Kent: “If we’re the last-place team, this conference is going to be a really, really good conference.”
— Jeff Faraudo (@JeffFaraudo) October 15, 2015
Jon Wilner, another Bay area reporter with the San Jose Mercury News, agrees with that assessment.
Not sure that conf has a No. 1 or 2 seed, but depth is as good as it's been in yrs https://t.co/4CAbvZs1SL
— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) October 15, 2015
