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Oregon guard Dominic Artis (1) is said to be seeking a transfer from the program.

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EUGENE -- Oregon basketball junior point guard Dominic Artis, junior guard Damyean Dotson and sophomore forward Brandon Austin are not currently participating in team activities, the school announced Monday morning, leaving each player's status with the Ducks in limbo.

Previously Monday morning, Artis was said to be seeking a transfer from the Ducks, as reported by

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Artis averaged 8.5 points and 3.2 assists per game as a freshman in 2012-13 but missed the first nine games of his sophomore season due to a suspension for selling team-issued gear along with teammate Ben Carter. Once Artis returned from the suspension he averaged 4.1 points and 2.2 assists per game in largely a backup role.

since his arrival in January from Providence. Austin was ranked among the nation's top 50 players in the 2013 class out of Philadelphia but didn't play a game for the Friars after being suspended indefinitely on Nov. 6. On Dec. 23, he and a teammate were suspended for the season for

"not upholding their responsibilities as student-athletes." In March, the Wall Street Journal reported Austin and the teammate were linked to a sexual assault investigation in Rhode Island.

Austin chose to transfer to Oregon over Providence's protests. The school countered Austin's request for a release from his National Letter of Intent by writing that it "truly wanted Mr. Austin to return to Providence College for the Spring 2014 semester and beyond. We supported him in every way possible during the on-campus disciplinary process and would have continued to support him in any way possible."

The 6-foot-6 Austin was expected to become eligible to play for Oregon in December.

Dotson averaged 9.4 points per game last season, two fewer points per game than as a freshman, but played a valuable role as a defensive stopper by usually guarding the opponent's best player. He was cited for attempting to use a false identification at a campus bar in Eugene in February and was suspended for one game.

If the players eventually leave the team, they would be the third, fourth and fifth Ducks to leave from the 2014 roster with eligibility remaining.

Carter was released from his scholarship in April on the condition he only speak with UNLV about a transfer. Previously, A.J. Lapray left the team to transfer to Pepperdine.

Those previous moves, coupled with the announcement of Artis, Dotson and Austin's non-participation, leaves the Ducks' roster in limbo once again. Of the 16 players on Oregon's roster following its season-ending NCAA Tournament loss to Wisconsin on March 22, four remain in good standing: guards Joseph Young, Jalil Abdul-Bassit, Theo Friedman and forward Elgin Cook.

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