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Khalid Thomas, nation's No. 1 JC prospect and former West Linn star, commits to Texas Tech over Oregon, others

Oregon high school basketball has been down in recent years, failing to produce more than a handful of quality college hoops prospects.

But former Oregon talents have bucked that trend in the junior college ranks, as the top two prospects nationally are former West Linn star Khalid Thomas and former Benson star Will Likayi.

On Monday, the biggest of those stars came off the board, as Thomas announced his commitment to Texas Tech over offers from Arizona, Baylor, Florida State, LSU, Mississippi State, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon, San Diego State and others:

-- khalibs (@khalid_thomas7) October 1, 2018

As a freshman at College of Southern Idaho last season, the 6-foot-9, 202-pound forward averaged 14.