Between the Oregon men's basketball team's run to the Final Four, and the sudden availability of open scholarships due to veterans leaving the program, UO coach Dana Altman is finding recruits even more willing than usual to hear his pitch.
The Ducks have at least four and perhaps five scholarships open for the 2017-18 season, and Altman wants to fill at least a couple of them before next fall.
"You make the Final Four, everybody at least picks up the phone, so it's a little different in that regard," Altman said Monday, three weeks and two days removed from the Ducks' loss to eventual champion North Carolina in an NCAA Tournament semifinal.