After his senior year of high school, a poll conducted by The Oregonian ranked Payton Pritchard as the eighth-best Oregon boy’s basketball player of all time. Only two players ranked above him stayed in the state for college - AC Green (Oregon State) and Terrell Brandon (Oregon).
Only one of those players led their team to the Final Four - Pritchard. In his freshman year with the Ducks, Pritchard helped Oregon get the furthest they’ve been in the NCAA Tournament since they won it all in 1939.
When it comes to basketball in Oregon, there are few who compare to Pritchard.