2017–18 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team

The 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team represented Oregon State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Beavers were led by fourth-year head coach Wayne Tinkle, and played their home games at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis, Oregon as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in tenth place. They defeated Washington in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to USC.

2017–18 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	16–16 (7–11 Pac-12)
Head coach	Wayne Tinkle (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Kerry Rupp Gregg Gottlieb Stephen Thompson
Home arena	Gill Coliseum
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 12 Arizona †	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
USC	12	–	6		.667			24	–	12		.667
UCLA	11	–	7		.611			21	–	12		.636
Utah	11	–	7		.611			23	–	12		.657
Stanford	11	–	7		.611			19	–	16		.543
Oregon	10	–	8		.556			23	–	13		.639
Washington	10	–	8		.556			21	–	13		.618
Colorado	8	–	10		.444			17	–	15		.531
Arizona State	8	–	10		.444			20	–	12		.625
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Washington State	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
California	2	–	16		.111			8	–	24		.250
† Pac-12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The 2016–17 Beavers finished the 2016–17 season 5–27, 1–17 in the Pac-12 to finish last. They lost to California in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.

Off-season

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Matt Dahlen	F	6'6"	205	Jr.	Redmond, OR	Walk-on; Will graduate and transfer.[1]
Daine Muller	G	6'4"	200	Jr.	Billings, MT	Retire due to injuries.[1]

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Seth Berger	F	6'8"	212	RS Sr.	Seattle, WA	Graduate transfer from UMass.[2]
Kylor Kelley	C	7'1"	210	RS Jr.	Gervais, OR	Transfer who last played for Northwest Christian University.[3]

2017 recruiting class

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ethan Thompson G	Los Angeles, CA	Bishop Montgomery HS	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)	173 lb (78 kg)	Sep 19, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:    (88)
Zach Reichle G	Wilsonville, OR	Wilsonville HS	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)	186 lb (84 kg)	Oct 18, 2016
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:    (76)
Alfred Hollins F	San Francisco, CA	Hillcrest Prep Academy (AZ)	6 ft 5.5 in (1.97 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Mar 21, 2017
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:    (81)
Xavier Smith SG	Seattle, WA	O'Dea HS	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	May 9, 2017
	Recruit ratings: Scout:    Rivals:    247Sports:    ESPN:    (72)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources:

Roster

2017–18 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Stephen Thompson Jr. 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Bishop Montgomery HS Los Angeles, California G 2 Ronnie Stacy 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sr Tyler Junior College Alexander City, Alabama F 3 Tres Tinkle 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS So Hellgate HS Missoula, Montana F 4 Alfred Hollins 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Hillcrest Prep San Francisco, California G 5 Ethan Thompson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Bishop Montgomery HS Los Angeles, California G 11 Zach Reichle 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Wilsonville HS Wilsonville, Oregon F 12 Drew Eubanks 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Reynolds HS Troutdale, Oregon G 15 Tanner Sanders (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Crescent Valley HS Corvallis, Oregon G 22 Xavier Smith (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr O'Dea High School Seattle, Washington C 23 Gligorije Rakocevic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Jr Cantwell-Sacred Heart of Mary HS Bijelo Polje, Montenegro G 24 Kendal Manuel 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) RS So Skyview HS Billings, Montana C 31 Cheikh N'diaye 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) RS Sr Army and Navy Academy Dakar, Senegal F 32 Seth Berger 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) RS Sr UMass Seattle, Washington F 34 Ben Koné 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Archbishop Mitty HS San Jose, California F 44 Isaac Barnes (W) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr North Allegheny HS Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Head coach Wayne Tinkle (Montana) Assistant coach(es) Kerry Rupp (Southern Utah) Gregg Gottlieb (UCLA) Stephen Thompson (Syracuse) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: July 22, 2017

• Sophomore guard JaQuori McLaughlin elected to transfer after seven games into the season.^[4]

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Drew Eubanks	Gligorije Rakocevic	Cheikh N'diaye
PF	Seth Berger		Ben Koné	Isaac Barnes
SF	Tres Tinkle	Alred Hollins	Ronnie Stacy
SG	Ethan Thompson	Zach Reichle		Tanner Sanders
PG	Stephen Thompson Jr.	Kendal Manuel		Xavier Smith

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 3, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		Pacific (OR)	W 91–69	–	21 – Thompson Jr.	8 – Tinkle	3 – 6 tied	Gill Coliseum (4,192) Corvallis, OR
Non-conference regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		Southern Utah	W 99–82	1–0	24 – Tinkle	8 – E. Thompson	5 – Tied	Gill Coliseum (4,588) Corvallis, OR
Nov 13, 2017* 8:00 pm, P12N		Wyoming	L 66–75	1–1	20 – Tinkle	14 – Tinkle	4 – Tied	Gill Coliseum (3,874) Corvallis, OR
Nov 18, 2017* 8:00 pm, P12N		Long Beach State	W 89–81	2–1	26 – Eubanks	11 – Eubanks	5 – Tied	Gill Coliseum (5,438) Corvallis, OR
Nov 23, 2017* 11:00 am, ESPNU		vs. St. John's AdvoCare Invitational quarterfinals	L 77–82	2–2	22 – Thompson Jr.	9 – Eubanks	5 – Tinkle	HP Field House (2,712) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Nov 24, 2017* 10:00 am, ESPN3		vs. Long Beach State AdvoCare Invitational 2nd round consolation	L 69–74	2–3	24 – Thompson Jr.	10 – Tinkle	5 – McLaughlin	HP Field House (2,367) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Nov 26, 2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		vs. Marist AdvoCare Invitational 7th place game	W 65–46	3–3	16 – Tinkle	9 – Thompson Jr.	4 – Tied	HP Field House (2,591) Lake Buena Vista, FL
Dec 2, 2017* 2:00 pm, P12N		Loyola Marymount	W 78–74	4–3	22 – Eubanks	7 – Tinkle	7 – Tinkle	Gill Coliseum (3,985) Corvallis, OR
Dec 5, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		Eastern Kentucky	W 74–62	5–3	26 – Thompson Jr.	8 – Tinkle	6 – Thompson Jr.	Gill Coliseum (3,571) Corvallis, OR
Dec 9, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		Arkansas–Pine Bluff	W 85–58	6–3	19 – Eubanks	5 – E. Thompson	8 – Thompson Jr.	Gill Coliseum (4,344) Corvallis, OR
Dec 12, 2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		Jacksonville State	W 70–69	7–3	18 – Thompson Jr.	11 – Eubanks	5 – Tied	Gill Coliseum (3,900) Corvallis, OR
Dec 16, 2017* 7:30 pm, P12N		vs. Saint Louis Dam City Classic	W 63–60	8–3	16 – Tinkle	8 – Tinkle	5 – Thompson Jr.	Moda Center (8,110) Portland, OR
Dec 21, 2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at Kent State	L 78–79	8–4	25 – Tied	9 – Tinkle	3 – Tied	MAC Center (3,279) Kent, OH
Pac-12 regular season
Dec 29, 2017 8:00 pm, ESPNU		Colorado	W 76–57	9–4 (1–0)	24 – Thompson Jr.	9 – Eubanks	6 – Tinkle	Gill Coliseum (4,481) Corvallis, OR
Dec 31, 2017 3:00 pm, P12N		Utah	L 64–66	9–5 (1–1)	14 – Tinkle	5 – Tied	5 – Tinkle	Gill Coliseum (4,751) Corvallis, OR
Jan 5, 2018 7:00 pm, FS1		Oregon Civil War	W 76–64	10–5 (2–1)	19 – Tinkle	12 – Tinkle	6 – Thompson Jr.	Gill Coliseum (6,482) Corvallis, OR
Jan 11, 2018 6:00 pm, P12N		at No. 17 Arizona	L 53–62	10–6 (2–2)	18 – Tinkle	9 – Tinkle	2 – 3 tied	McKale Center (14,644) Tucson, AZ
Jan 13, 2018 3:00 pm, P12N		at No. 11 Arizona State	L 75–77	10–7 (2–3)	21 – Thompson Jr.	10 – Tinkle	7 – E. Thompson	Wells Fargo Arena (13,459) Tempe, AZ
Jan 18, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1		UCLA	W 69–63	11–7 (3–3)	16 – Tinkle	7 – Eubanks	3 – 3 tied	Gill Coliseum (5,330) Corvallis, OR
Jan 20, 2018 5:00 pm, P12N		USC	L 67–74	11–8 (3–4)	21 – Tinkle	7 – Tied	6 – Berger	Gill Coliseum (6,301) Corvallis, OR
Jan 27, 2018 5:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon Civil War	L 57–66	11–9 (3–5)	16 – Thompson Jr.	9 – Eubanks	5 – Tinkle	Matthew Knight Arena (12,364) Eugene, OR
Feb 1, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1		at Stanford	L 71–80	11–10 (3–6)	19 – Eubanks	6 – Eubanks	5 – E. Thompson	Maples Pavilion (3,601) Stanford, CA
Feb 3, 2018 5:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 70–74	11–11 (3–7)	24 – Thompson Jr.	8 – Eubanks	6 – E. Thompson	Haas Pavilion (8,581) Berkeley, CA
Feb 8, 2018 7:30 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 94–62	12–11 (4–7)	20 – Tinkle	10 – Eubanks	6 – E. Thompson	Gill Coliseum (4,235) Corvallis, OR
Feb 10, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Washington	W 97–94 2OT	13–11 (5–7)	29 – Tinkle	13 – Eubanks	8 – Tinkle	Gill Coliseum (5,630) Corvallis, OR
Feb 15, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1		at UCLA	L 68–75	13–12 (5–8)	24 – Hollins	9 – Eubanks	7 – Tinkle	Pauley Pavilion (8,890) Los Angeles, CA
Feb 17, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1		at USC	L 59–72	13–13 (5–9)	16 – Tied	10 – Tinkle	6 – Thompson Jr.	Galen Center (4,542) Los Angeles, CA
Feb 22, 2018 6:00 pm, FS1		No. 14 Arizona	L 65–75 OT	13–14 (5–10)	20 – E. Thompson	8 – E. Thompson	6 – Tinkle	Gill Coliseum (4,963) Corvallis, OR
Feb 24, 2018 5:00 pm, ESPNU		Arizona State	W 79–75	14–14 (6–10)	16 – Eubanks	8 – 2 tied	8 – Tinkle	Gill Coliseum (6,147) Corvallis, OR
Mar 1, 2018 8:00 pm, ESPN2		at Washington	L 77–79	14–15 (6–11)	22 – Tinkle	7 – 2 tied	3 – E. Thompson	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,480) Seattle, WA
Mar 3, 2018 3:30 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 92–67	15–15 (7–11)	23 – E. Thompson	12 – Tinkle	6 – E. Thompson	Beasley Coliseum (3,148) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 tournament
Mar 7, 2018 6:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) Washington First round	W 69–66 OT	16–15	19 – Eubanks	10 – Tinkle	4 – Thompson	T-Mobile Arena (10,458) Paradise, NV
Mar 8, 2018 6:00 pm, P12N	(10)	vs. (2) USC Quarterfinals	L 48–61	16–16	12 – Thompson Jr.	9 – Eubanks	5 – Thompson	T-Mobile Arena (13,194) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.