DuckSportsAuthority - Rivals Rankings Week: Oregon and the updated 2023 basketball rankings
A closer look at where Oregon's commits landed in the latest Rivals Rankings update for the 2023 class.
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Rivals has updated its Rivals150 and position rankings for the 2023 class, and with Oregon already having three commits in the class there is a lot to pay attention to with the update. Point guard Jackson Shelstad has had a good summer and he was rewarded with another bump up in the rankings this week. He is now up to No. 62 on the list after moving up 16 spots in the previous rankings update. That came after he moved up 38 spots in the update last month. He was once rated as high as No. 59 on the list, and he is on his way to surpassing that with his play so far this year. Mookie Cook and Kwame Evans Jr. both dropped a bit in the latest update with Cook moving down to a four-star recruit. It is likely that he will end up moving back up by the time the final rankings move into view next year, but Rivals national recruiting director Rob Cassidy recently explained the decision behind the move down the list.
"Cook skipped the majority of the grassroots season in order to star as a young LeBron James in an upcoming biopic. When the five-star returned for a short stint in the EYBL, he looked understandably rusty. There’s no reason to panic, obviously, as Cook’s track record suggests he’ll be back to his old self by the time he starts his senior season at Arizona Compass prep."
Cook actually tops Rob's list of prospects with something to prove this season. Evans moved ahead of Cook in the small forward position rankings as the five-star wing now sits at No. 5 overall.
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