Dominic Artis commits to Oregon

[woundedknees]

Not quite like picking up DaT from USC for football, but close enough... Sort of "Bearding the Prophet", so to speak.

[OreDucks01284]

great pick up! now we need big time PF or C (not JC route please)

[duckfan22]

Watched his video Kid has skills.very nice change of direction dribble good vision on break. Nice pickup.

[TheMaehlMan]

Thrilled to have Artis commit! It is difficult to win in college basketball without a great point guard, and potentially Artis could become just that.

[woundedknees]

Not a jab at EK, but all of his successful teams had one thing in common... A great PG.

[OregonFan4Life]

The first thing I thought when I watched his highlight video is that he is the DeAnthony Thomas of basketball. Amazing agility and athletic ability. His body control made my jaw drop. If he works really really hard, he will no doubt be a star at Oregon and could lead them deep in the NCAA tourney. I think he has the potential be an all-star in the NBA someday, he has a very rare athletic ability. Great athlete, glad Oregon picked him up. Let's hope he can bring other great players with him!

[duckfan22]

Look at most of the great teams in the country. They all have a pg that
makes that team go. The UCLA teams that went deep always had a
good pg. Duke always has a pg that the ball goes through. Kansas and
Uconn. The Bobby Knight teams always had a great pg. The elite eight teams
from Oregon had the great pg.
Looks like the Ducks have one on the way. I think were in good hands also
until he gets here. Lloyd is a very smart player with good skills. I really believe
Altman is the right guy for this team. Obviously he can recruit just fine. Cant wait
to see his style in action this year. I have always loved teams that play defense
and actually run an offense. Altman will have this team playing hard. And as fans
that's all we can ask for. If the team believes in what the coach is telling them,
plays hard the wins will come. The talent is there now. We saw the effort from
an overachieving team last year. They had no business winning that tournament.
But they bought into Altman. They just flat out out worked other teams.

[buckmarkduck]

Macduck is saying Artis just as talented coming out of HS as both Rid and Brooks, and usually he's pretty spot on in is assessment of players. Also I wouldn't be surprised to see Bennett come to UO also, though I'm not saying it's going to happen, just that we are pretty high up on his list right now. We just beat out UCLA, Kansas and Memphis for Artis so...

[oregontrack]

great pick up! now we need big time PF or C (not JC route please)

We'll likely take a couple JC kids. Loyd is the only one in his class, and Altman's work of correcting Ernie's unbalanced classes continues. We'll need help up front in 2012-13, I'll take it straight out of HS or JC.

[greenyellow]

I'd be surprised if this year's class uses up all 5 open scholarships available. The split in this year's class will probably be like 3 HS recruits and then a JC big man.

[Duffman57]

Just a side note, i'm wondering if this gives us a better shot at getting Freddie Tagaloa. They both play basketball on that Salsesian team, and Tagaloa is already quite big on Oregon. He could play as a big man for us as well? Or is he strictly a football player.

[maxduck]

Just a side note, i'm wondering if this gives us a better shot at getting Freddie Tagaloa. They both play basketball on that Salsesian team, and Tagaloa is already quite big on Oregon. He could play as a big man for us as well? Or is he strictly a football player.

Ideally football season isn't over until early January, hardly enough time left in the season to practice and contribute to the hoops team.

[karlhungis]

But having a high school friend commit to the ducks can't hurt. Even if it is in a different sport.

[Duck07]

We could always go back to having morning practices again, lol.

[woundedknees]

Since Beavis Coach Robinson does things, "The Right Way", just like Lunch Pail Riley, maybe the Ducks could practice at 5 AM?

That seems to work so well, at OS!