On Wednesday night, Dana Altman and the Oregon men’s basketball team officially inked West Linn standout Payton Pritchard and Mater Dei’s M.J. Cage during the early letter-of-intent period that will run through November 18. Both are listed as four-star recruits according to 247sports.
Pritchard, a 6-foot-1 guard that averaged 22.1 points, 5.8 assists, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 steals as a junior, has been named 6A player of the year while leading West Linn to three straight state titles.
Cage is a 6-foot-10 big man that averaged 13.2 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.8 blocks as a junior at Mater Dei in Santa Ana, California.
Oregon also received a verbal commitment from Keith Smith, a 6-foot-7 forward from Rainer Beach in Seattle. Smith, who averaged 20 points and 11 rebounds this last year, was originally expected to sign his letter of intent this evening.
Still on the fence is 6-foot-9 power forward T.J. Leaf, a five-star recruit and No. 13 overall prospect according to ESPN from Foothills Christian High School in El Cajon, California. Leaf will make his decision tomorrow during the ESPN Recruiting Nation: Basketball Signing Day Special that will air at 3 p.m.
At Wednesday’s media scrum, Altman said that he will wait until all of his potential recruits have signed before he gives a statement.
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Oregon men’s basketball signs Pritchard and Cage, receives verbal from Smith
Hayden Kim
November 10, 2015
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