Cool Hand Luke, the ultimate underdog: ‘We like shocking people’
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Cool Hand Luke, the ultimate underdog: ‘We like shocking people’

If anyone on Oregon State’s basketball roster can identify with the underdog, it’s Jared Lucas.

After scoring points at a prodigious rate — almost beyond comprehension — in four years at Los Altos High in Hacienda Heights, Calif., the sharpshooting guard was largely overlooked by Pac-12 schools.

When the media forecast OSU to finish 12th in the Pac-12 before the season, Lucas developed a chip on his shoulder the size of the Rock of Gibraltar.

“Cool Hand Luke” was as big a reason as any why the Beavers came from nowhere to claim the Pac-12 Tournament

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The new guys look good as Beavers open 2020-21 slate with win over Bears
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The new guys look good as Beavers open 2020-21 slate with win over Bears

I liked a lot of what I saw Wednesday night in our first look at Oregon State in the post-Tres Tinkle era, a 71-63 non-conference win over California in a mostly empty Gill Coliseum.

A few observations …

• Coach Wayne Tinkle unveiled most of the recruiting class he has been so excited about, and the newcomers not only didn’t disappoint, they shined.

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