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Oregon Basketball: Breaking down the 2019 recruiting class

By Lukas Harkins

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 22: The Oregon Ducks mascot in the first half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 22, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 22: The Oregon Ducks mascot in the first half during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at SAP Center on March 22, 2019 in San Jose, California. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images) /
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MARCH 28: Head coach Altman of the Ducks reacts. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – MARCH 28: Head coach Altman of the Ducks reacts. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /

Oregon basketball head coach Dana Altman is one of the best recruiters in the business. How does the incoming 2019 class look for the Ducks?

There are very few programs in the nation that are able to consistently receive commitments from some of the top players in the country. Kentucky, Duke, Kansas, and North Carolina are usually the first programs that come to mind when discussing continued recruiting success but Oregon basketball is close to reaching that status as well. Under head coach Dana Altman, the program has been remarkably successful on the recruiting trail and that is quite difficult to ignore. In fact, Oregon has now landed seven consecutive top-25 recruiting classes in the nation.

That includes the incoming 2019 crop, which includes four commits and is ranked at No. 15 in the country. Even though one of these is a JUCO product, the program is clearly bringing in plenty of talent once again as they look to finish near the top of the Pac-12. During this past season, the Ducks largely disappointed as a result of injuries but still managed to reach the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. Now, with a fair amount of talent returning to go with this influx of newcomers, expectations will once again be extremely high.

Oregon, though, is among the most underrated programs in the nation with regards to postseason success. Over the last seven years, the Ducks have reached six NCAA Tournaments, making at least the Sweet 16 on four different occasions with two of those trips going further than that (one ended in the E8 and another in the F4). It is hard to argue with Oregon’s recent success.

Looking ahead to this coming campaign, how will the Ducks’ newcomers perform? Let’s take a deeper dive into each of the four commits, starting at the JUCO ranks.

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