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The Oregon Ducks men’s basketball roster got another major injection of talent this offseason.

Having already secured a pair of coveted transfer guards – junior college first-team all-American Rivaldo Soares and Oklahoma’s second-leading scorer, De’Vion Harmon – Oregon desperately needed a versatile, playmaking forward to round out what had become a guard/center-heavy roster.

So, when Syracuse transfer and All-ACC selection Quincy Guerrier entered the transfer portal in late April, he immediately projected as the perfect piece to fill the role left by departed all-conference performer Eugene Omoruyi.

Down to a final four of Arizona State, Illinois, Memphis and Oregon, the 6-foot-7, 220-pound athlete chose the Ducks on Thursday afternoon:

As a sophomore, Guerrier averaged 13.7 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game while shooting 49.3 percent from the field, earning third-team all-ACC honors.

His commitment was far better news for Oregon than the first time around – when he came out of the 2019 recruiting cycle as the No. 72 player in the class.

During Guerrier’s initial recruitment, he entered his commitment day down to a final three of Illinois, Oregon and Syracuse.

Because he had kept his decision close to the vest, the 6-foot-7, 220-pound four-star forward had the unenviable task of breaking the news, good or bad, to all three programs before publicly announcing his commitment.

A native of Quebec City, Canada, Guerrier called each program first thing in the morning to get it out of the way.

But there was one problem.

Guerrier had forgotten the time zone difference and called the Oregon coaching staff at 8:30 a.m. ET – waking up Oregon assistant coach and primary recruiter Mike Mennenga at 5:30 a.m. with the news he was headed to Syracuse.

After a year-long recruitment, Guerrier expressed regret about the (understandable) miscue.

With his decision Thursday, the Canadian star is likely to be fully forgiven in Eugene.

Analysis

Once again, Dana Altman and his coaching staff have assembled a roster that should contend for a Pac-12 Conference championship.

Entering the offseason, Oregon had a nucleus of veteran guards Will Richardson, Eric Williams Jr., freshman center Franck Kepnang, former five-star center N’Faly Dante, who is still recovering from an ACL injury, and incoming freshman and five-star big man Nathan Bittle.

But that core didn’t address needs at the wing positions or at the power forward spot.

Oregon started the offseason by securing the commitment of Harmon, a two-year starter at Oklahoma and its second-leading scorer last season (12.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists; 47.7 shooting percentage)

Altman added to that group with junior college first-team all-American guard/forward Rivaldo Soares, who averaged 15.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.

Suddenly deep in the backcourt and at the center position, the Ducks still needed a physical forward.

They got their man Thursday in Guerrier, who should come in and immediately work to replace the production lost by the graduation of Omoruyi (17.1 points, 5.4 rebounds).

Guerrier’s addition is also huge in the development of Bittle, a 6-foot-11, 200-pound freshman who still needs to become more physical.

With the Syracuse transfer in the mix, Bittle can ease into whatever role naturally suits his game, rather than being pigeonholed as a “4” who needs to provide immediate, solid production on the boards.

There’s certainly tremendous upside in securing an all-ACC performer like Guerrier, but his hidden value is that he should allow Bittle to blossom early in his career.

Still in the mix for Rutgers guard Jacob Young, Oregon could go from a paper-thin roster of guards and centers to one of the most versatile collections of talent of Altman’s tenure.

Expect Oregon to be a preseason top-15 team yet again.