After a few years in the wilderness, Scott Rueck and the Oregon State women are just weeks away from resuming Pac-12 basketball. Rueck spoke to the press at the team's media day about how the team is approaching the new season,

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"We're not as big," was one of Rueck's first notes on this year's Beavers. The team lost 6'8" Nene Sow and 6'5 Lizzy Williamson in the offseason, and while they recruited 6'4" Maria Ignatchenko, she's the tallest player on the roster. "It allows us to do different things. It's been a while since I've had a team that hasn't had that formidable presence at the room. We're going to have to do it in different ways this year."

Lara Alonso-Basurto, at 6'3" is expected to be a big part of the Beavers new front court in her sophomore season. "I see the next level of confidence and calm and understanding, and the way she's reading the game," Rueck said about Alonso-Basurto, "more veteran, more under control.…