Beaver great Mel Counts talks Olympic Games and Oregon State

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Oregon State basketball great Mel Counts joins this week's podcast to discuss his time in Corvallis, his time in the NBA and what it was like to win a Gold Medal at the Olympics in the 1964 Tokyo games.2:40  Mel didn't realize he such a good basketball player until he was a junior or senior.4:10  Mel's two biggest regrets: not winning the National Championship and only beating Oregon 17 or 20 times.7:15  Training for the 1964 Olympics at Pearl Harbor and winning the gold medal10:40 Being on the same team as Bill Russell.16:00 Why team awards are much more special than individual awards.22:00 The team Mel most like playing against while at OSU.24:00 What advice would he give Oregon State athletes today?