– Oregon might be on the verge of adding a huge piece to next year’s team.
Jamal Murray, a five-star shooting guard from Ontario, Canada, who reclassified from the 2016 recruiting class to 2015, is announcing his college destination Tuesday. Murray is deciding between joining Oregon and Kentucky, but according to Sonny Bairos of CanadianBallers.com, there appears to be a consensus front-runner.
Sweepstakes for Jamal Murray signature is between Kentucky and Oregon. Consensus is that the Ducks are front runners. Story coming
— Sonny Bairos (@sonnybairos) June 21, 2015
Oregon forward Elgin Cook added more fuel to Murray’s expected college choice on Wednesday when he tweeted “Welcoming our newest commit Jamal Murray into the Duck family.”
Murray was ranked at the No. 13 overall prospect in the 2016 class before making the jump to the 2015 group, according to 247sports.
– The Emerald’s Jack Heffernan gives a look at how sports fans in Eugene, Oregon can pass the time before football season starts.
– Oregon offensive lineman Matt Hegarty, a graduate-transfer from Notre Dame with one year of eligibility, has had a long journey to Oregon – not counting the nineteen-and-a-half hour drive it takes to Eugene from his home in Aztec, New Mexico. The Oregonian’s Andrew Greif has the story.
– ESPN Pac-12 writer Kyle Bonagura took a look at the hardest three-game stretch for Oregon next football season.
– The Oregon volleyball team announced its 2015 schedule Monday. The season begins with a two-day tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania starting on Aug. 28. There, Oregon will face Navy, St. John’s and Temple. A week later, the Ducks will head to the University of Texas where they’ll matchup against Florida and Nebraska – both top-10 finishers a season ago.
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