EUGENE -- Joseph Young won't be one-and-done at Oregon.

Young, who became Oregon's leading scorer during his junior season in 2013-14, his first at UO after transferring from Houston, announced on Twitter on Tuesday morning that he will not enter his name into consideration for the NBA draft and instead stay for his senior year.

The 6-foot-2 guard tweeted that after a "great talk with his family," he "decided the best thing for me is to get my degree and play my last year as an Oregon Duck."

Young was not a lock as a selection in the June 26 NBA draft. DraftExpress.com did not project him to be among the 60 selections.

His decision follows a junior season that saw him set a Matthew Knight Arena record with 36 points in his first home game and end the season with 29 points against Wisconsin, the third-most by a Duck ever in an NCAA Tournament game. Those bookend performances and the nights in between led him to 643 points, fifth on Oregon’s single-season scoring list.

Young's return means coach Dana Altman won't have to replace 23 percent of Oregon's offense, a one-man attack that was keyed by Young's three-point shooting and foul-drawing drives.

His 88.1 percent free-throw shooting ranked 19th nationally, his 18.9 points per game were 51st -- and the highest by a Duck in a decade -- and he earned second-team Pac-12 honors. Young scored in single digits just four times.

Though Young’s value was unquestionable for the Ducks (24-10) in 2013-14, his arrival in Eugene didn’t portend such production. His transfer from Houston last summer was clouded by uncertainty after his father, Michael – a former first-round NBA pick and a Cougars star himself – was reassigned within the Houston staff.

Young’s waiver with the NCAA to play immediately was granted Oct. 25, 15 days before the Ducks’ season-opening victory against Georgetown on a national ESPN broadcast.

Young's return could give Oregon arguably one of the nation's best backcourts with the expected returns of rising juniors Dominic Artis and Damyean Dotson, but it also poses a problem. Oregon has 14 scholarships committed next season, one more than the NCAA limit.

Altman has proven in his four seasons a unique ability to patch together a roster to fit his needs, and there will likely be more moving pieces during this summer's transfer period before Oregon meets the scholarship limit and sets its 2014-15 roster.

Young's return, however, means Altman and Oregon have a cornerstone to build around.

-- Andrew Greif |