This article presents a growing problem for Ernie Kent and Oregon basketball. After recently signing an extension that will pay him $1.06 million per year until 2014, Kent still can’t seem to recruit inside Oregon. Just in the past two years alone, Kyle Singler has signe
d with Duke, Kevin Love with UCLA, Michael Harthun with Washington State, and now Mike Moser with Arizona. Although Kent has a great recruiting class coming in this season, four of the six players are from east of the Mississippi River. Several years ago, Kent’s image took a turn for the worse when he was caught having an affair. These days, for Kent to return his image to where it once was, he needs to tap into the local talent instead of letting it go out of state. With Oregon State being one of the worst programs in the nation, Kent should have Oregon high schools on lock down, especially having gone to two elite eights in the last six years. However, Mike Moser is just the latest in the line of Salim Stoudamires to leave the state for greener pastures.
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