Oregon State Beavers coach Scott Rueck sat at the podium last March in what should have been an enviable spot. For just the second time in program history, the Beavers were in the Elite Eight, and their group was not just talented, but also quite young. Here was a situation that would traditionally have a coach preparing to run it back the next season. It instead had Rueck fielding questions like this:
How concerned are you that your core players will all transfer out now?
