Scott Swanson
Ravi Patel has always loved basketball, but when he went to Oregon State University in 2005 he wasn’t seriously planning on staying too involved in the sport at the college level.
When he arrived at OSU, in fact, the Beavers were at a low ebb, with three straight losing seasons under Coach Jay John before he was let go early in 2008, after an 0-6 start in the Pac-10.
But Patel had played…