With the announcement yesterday that Wake Forest transfer Tony Woods picked Oregon over Kentucky, Texas and Louisville. This closely follows Olu Ashaolu also choosing to spend his final season at Oregon after being courted by many high profile programs once again including Rick Barnes' Longhorns.
These late additions add to Dana Altman's first true recruiting class that included Jordan Brand selection Jabari Brown. Dana inherited a program that had a few moments of joy over the last decade, and nothing to write home about since Ronnie Lee in the mid-70s.
Watching him turn a bunch of scrap pieces into a 20 win team last year, and start to load talent this off-season has been fun. Knowing that he has the nicest college basketball arena in the country has to be a nice feather in the hat. Oregon will be an NCAA team this year and a dark horse to win the P12.
Looking at the kids that have Oregon on their list for 12 is amazing, every west coast kid has the Ducks on their list now. Next step is to start locking down the Portland kids, no more losing Terrance Jones, Kyle Wiltjer, Kevin Love, Aaron Miles etc. Then start moving in on Romar's stranglehold on the Seattle talent. I think that in 10 years Oregon is as likely to be considered a basketball school as a football school. It is a great time to live in Track Town, USA!
These late additions add to Dana Altman's first true recruiting class that included Jordan Brand selection Jabari Brown. Dana inherited a program that had a few moments of joy over the last decade, and nothing to write home about since Ronnie Lee in the mid-70s.
Watching him turn a bunch of scrap pieces into a 20 win team last year, and start to load talent this off-season has been fun. Knowing that he has the nicest college basketball arena in the country has to be a nice feather in the hat. Oregon will be an NCAA team this year and a dark horse to win the P12.
Looking at the kids that have Oregon on their list for 12 is amazing, every west coast kid has the Ducks on their list now. Next step is to start locking down the Portland kids, no more losing Terrance Jones, Kyle Wiltjer, Kevin Love, Aaron Miles etc. Then start moving in on Romar's stranglehold on the Seattle talent. I think that in 10 years Oregon is as likely to be considered a basketball school as a football school. It is a great time to live in Track Town, USA!
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