With 15 early non-conference contests underway, second year Coach Dana Altman is finding out if his pre-season evaluation was on target---the roster is deeper, bigger and more athletic but with questions about the skill level and defensive execution. The early schedule shows a mixture of “tough” and “not-so tough” (on paper) and home and away. It will be interesting if and who second year Coach Altman finds for his projected player rotation as the early season progresses.
Pac-12 games start December 29 against WSU at Spokane and then at UW December 31. Matthew Knight Arena games start January 5 and 8 against Stanford and California.
The 15 player roster lists 5 seniors, 4 juniors, 2 sophomores, 4 freshmen, several transfers (including 2 seniors) and in-state 3 from Oregon (Austin Kuemper and Garrett Sim from Portland and E.J. Singler from Medford). The incoming transfers and freshmen were nationally highly ranked.
| Player |
Position |
Height |
Yr. |
HS/CC |
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| Ashaolu, Olu |
F |
6-7 |
Sr. |
Louisiana Tech College-Canada HS |
| Barron, Bruce G |
F |
6-3 |
Fr. |
Carbondale, Ill. HS |
| Emory, Carlos |
F |
6-7 |
Jr. |
Howard College-Minnesota HS |
| Jacob, Jeremy |
F |
6-8 |
RSr. |
Chipola College-Hargrave LA Academy |
| Joseph, Devoe |
G |
6-4 |
Sr. |
Univ. of Minnesota-Canada HS |
| Kingma, Brett |
G |
6-1 |
Fr. |
Jackson HS- Mill Creek Washington |
| Kuemper, Austin |
C |
6-9 |
Fr. |
Westview HS-Portland |
| Larson, Chris |
C |
6-11 |
Jr. |
Hudson, Iowa HS-Black Hawk CC |
| Loyd, Johnathan |
G |
5-8 |
So. |
Las Vegas HS |
| Lucenti, Nicholas |
G |
6-3 |
So. |
Los Angeles HS |
| Nared, Tyrone |
F |
6-8 |
Sr. |
Rhode Island HS-Monroe College |
| Sim, Garrett |
G |
6-2 |
Sr. |
Sunset HS-Portland |
| Singler, E.J. |
G |
6-6 |
Jr. |
Medford, Oregon HS |
| Woods, Tony |
C |
6-11 |
Jr.. |
Wake Forest University-Rome HS, GA |
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Go Ducks! |
