A fifth recruit joined the Oregon men’s basketball team’s 2012 class on Tuesday, as shooting guard Fred Richardson announced his decision on Twitter.@@http://www.lockerpulse.com/NCAA/Oregon/@@
Richardson, a 6-foot-5 Friendswood, Texas native, averaged a sterling 20 points and 9 rebounds in his senior year at Clear Brook High School and is rated as a three-star recruit by ESPN.com. @@http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/164195/fred-richardson@@ @@http://www.maxpreps.com/athletes/UqmUxwnDl0CihMkhFDrKkA/basketball-winter-11-12/stats-fred-richardson.htm@@
“Just committed to the University of Oregon,” Richardson wrote in his tweet. “God is great and I love everyone who believed in me since day one.” @@https://twitter.com/#!/frich30/statuses/197500421567295488@@
Along with Richardson, Oregon head coach Dana Altman has also earned commitments from guard Dominic Artis, small forward Damyean Dotson, power forward Ben Carter and shooting guard Devon Branch. @@http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/67266/dominic-artis@@ @@http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/143234/damyean-dotson@@ @@http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/102437/ben-carter@@ @@http://espn.go.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/159952/devon-branch@@
Based on a report from The Register-Guard’s Bob Clark, Oregon may be done recruiting after Richardson’s commitment. As Altman said to Clark in that report early Tuesday, “We’re looking to maybe add one more guy to fill the roster for this year and go from there.”
Richardson may just be that one guy as the Ducks move toward the summer.