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Landen Lucas picks Kansas
Oregon big man chooses Jayhawks over Washington, Cal, Stanford, Tennessee
By
Gary Bedore
Landen Lucas, a 6-foot-10, 240-pound senior center from Westview High School in Portland, Ore., on Sunday night announced plans to play basketball at Kansas University.
Lucas, who attended Friday’s season-opener against Towson as part of an official recruiting visit, chose KU over Washington, Cal, Tennessee and Stanford.
“It was everything about Kansas,” Lucas told the Journal-World in a phone interview. “Everything about them ... the opportunity to develop there under coach Manning (Danny, big man coach) and coach (Bill) Self in that system was really appealing to me.”
Lucas had KU on his original list of schools. KU stopped recruiting him for a time, then the recruiting picked up recently when big man Kaleb Tarczewski committed to Arizona.
“That was hard, but it was the only school I would have picked that late,” Lucas said. “They jumped in. They jumped in strong. I really feel that even though they came in late for some weird reason I feel I’ve known them for a long time.”
More on the story in Monday’s Journal-World and kusports.com