
Maybe the Ducks will get back to that place, but right now the noises out of Eugene, including from Altman himself - he criticized fans for lack of attendance during an NIT home game, at a Matthew Knight Arena environment that has occasionally become a mausoleum - aren’t encouraging. When we first ran this draft four years ago, Altman was a perennially solid performer in the Pac-12, with the occasional group good enough to go toe-to-toe with Arizona (and a nascent UCLA) for conference title honors, always a threat to make a tricky, deep run in the NCAA Tournament.

2 Brennan adds Alabama’s Nate Oats and drops Oregon’s Dana Altman Since I had the last pick in the original draft, I went for younger guys with upside in the original draft, and Scheyer is the ultimate example of that. Given next season’s loaded roster and his continued recruiting prowess, that should be no problem. But I was encouraged by how the Blue Devils improved as the 2022-23 season went on, and Scheyer - who turns 36 in August - won’t be going anywhere the next six years as long as Duke continues to win big. No one can say for sure how his career will go. The top replacement pick is not entirely risk-free, as Scheyer has spent all of one season as a head coach. 3 seed in the 2020 NCAA Tournament That Never Was. Mack seemed like such a solid second-round pick in 2019, coming off a highly successful run at Xavier and heading toward a possible No.

1 Bennett adds Duke’s Jon Scheyer and drops Chris Mack To make things fair, we reversed the order of the original draft, so Brian Bennett got the first pick in our snake-style, two-round optional redraft: Redraft pick No.
