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OREGON PREPARES WITH BALANCED ROSTER SINCE Redshirt senior Elgin Cook has become one 1965 of the faces of Oregon basketball, a cast that includes a more balanced roster than 6AM-2PM last year. MON-FRI 6AM-3PM SAT & SUN Freshman Tyler Dorsey is the 23rd ranked recruit in the 2015 class, and now an asset for the Ducks. Kendall Small, a four-star recruit from Mayfair High School, stands among the best guards in the 2015 class. 541-343-7523 • 782 East Broadway, Eugene Corner of Alder & Franklin Blvd. Walking distance from campus! PHOTOGRAPH BY ADAM EBERHARDT NOT A ONE-MAN TEAM SEASON PREVIEW OREGON PREPARES WITH BALANCED ROSTER BY HAYDEN KIM, @HAYDAYKIM Sitting beside Dana Altman at this year’s Pac-12 Media Day in as reigning Spalding NJCAA Division I Player of the Year Chris San Francisco was Elgin Cook. Boucher, Altman has three highly touted freshman guards. This time last year, it was the Pac-12 Player of the Year Ennis was a starter for Villanova and is someone that and recently signed NBA rookie Joseph Young, not Cook, Altman claimed to be “easy to work with.” He is now a alongside Altman answering questions and taking pictures in graduate student who has already shown signs of being an preparation for the upcoming season. In his senior campaign emerging leader. for Oregon, Young averaged 20.7 points, 4.4 boards and 3.8 Freshman Tyler Dorsey, a 6-foot-4 product of Maranatha assists while leading the Ducks to the Round of 32 in the High School in Los Angeles, is the 23rd ranked recruit in the NCAA Tournament. 2015 class, according to Sports Illustrated. Named Gatorade But Oregon isn’t too worried about his departure, State Player of the Year for California, the double-double as the team looks to fill the void he leaves with a machine hung his hat on averages of 34.0 points, 10.4 balanced approach. rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.9 steals as a senior. “We were more balanced last year than people gave us Trevor Manuel, a four-star prospect out of Everett High credit for,” Altman said. “This year, I think we’ll have that School and Oak Hill Academy, is the No. 3 player out of the balance. Offensively, we’ve got a number of guys that can state of Michigan. He averaged 21.9 points per game in his step up and score baskets.” senior year. Said Cook: “We got a great recruiting class and transfers Kendall Small, a four-star out of Mayfair High School in that will pick up the slack.” Anaheim, California, averaged 22 points and 9.3 rebounds to stand among the best guards in the 2015 class. Cook, a redshirt senior who averaged 13.0 points and 5.2 rebounds, is one of six returners. Returning is an experienced group featuring Cooks, Dillon Brooks and Dwayne Benjamin, and Altman expects them to Altman and Cook took the podium, representing what will be take over the team. a drastically different-looking Oregon men’s basketball team that is projected to finish fourth in the Pac-12 by the media. Altman’s goal will be no different than year’s past: to intermix a balanced group of young prospects and veterans. Both were optimistic about their potential and incoming mixture of talent. Since Altman first arrived in 2010, he has guided Oregon to five straight 20-plus win seasons and a program-best three “I think we’ve got a group of good guys that want to consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. compete,” Altman said. “It will be a lot of fun working with them this year.” “We have to play an exciting brand of basketball,” Altman said. “We have challenges in front of us. [But] we have the On top of getting Villanova’s Dylan Ennis via transfer as well resources, the facilities. Our program will grow.” 9 DEPTH EXPANSION Tyler Dorsey is one of the top freshmen Oregon has recruited in the last few years. Coming off their third straight NCAA Tournament bid last year, the Ducks welcome a solid group of newcomers to fill the void that former guard Joseph Young left behind. Three freshmen, two transfers and one walk- on will join an already deep Oregon roster. Although Oregon’s recruiting class landed outside the top 20 in the country, according to 247Sports, almost every new player will be critical to the Ducks’ success. SIX OREGON NEWCOMERS BY GUS MORRIS, @G_AMORRIS Chris Boucher: Kendall Small: A Montreal, Quebec native and the reigning Spalding NJCAA Another skilled guard from southern California, Small was the Division I Player of the Year, Boucher will more than likely 92nd ranked player in ESPN’s Top 100. Standing six feet tall, start immediately for the Ducks. Boucher averaged 22.5 he displays a broad and unique skill set, averaging 22 points, points and 11.8 rebounds per game at Northwest College in 9.3 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.1 steal per game his senior Wyoming and was named a First-Team All American. Not only year at Mayfair High School. He will come off the bench is the 6-foot-10 junior a talented defender — he blocked five or behind fellow guards Casey Benson, Dorsey and Ennis. more shots in 11 games last season — he can also step outside and knock down the three. Trevor Manuel: Tyler Dorsey: The No. 3 player from the state of Michigan, Manuel finished One of the top freshmen Oregon has landed in the past few his high school career at Everett High School averaging 21.9 years, Dorsey was the 38th best player in the class of 2015 points per game. His junior year, he helped lead Oak Hill (according to ESPN’s Top 100) and the 2015 Gatorade State Academy to a 41-4 record and to the championship game of Player of the Year in California. During his senior year at the Dick’s National High School Tournament. He was named Maranatha High School in Pasadena, he averaged 34.0 points to the Class A All-State team following his senior year. The per game to go along with 10.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 6-foot-9 forward highlighted his career at Everett with 42 1.9 steals per game, and scored 52 points in a game against points and 10 blocks in a win over Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills. Chaminade. Dorsey is one of the most explosive scorers in the Expect Manuel to contribute key minutes off the bench. country and should be getting lots of minutes all season long. Dylan Ennis: Phil Richmond: A redshirt transfer from a Villanova team that spent much The lone new walk-on on the team, redshirt junior Richmond of last season ranked in the top 10, Ennis was a crucial guard was a team manager last year. He last played organized in the Wildcats’ deep run into the NCAA tournament a year basketball at Calabasas High School. His father, Mitch ago. He averaged 9.9 points, 3.5 assists and 3.7 rebounds per Richmond, played for Oregon head coach Dana Altman game while shooting 42 percent from the field and 36 percent at Moberly Junior College and Kansas State. Mitch played from three.