Artis leads Ducks

Oregon hosted Portland State last night and grabbed an 80-69 victory. Freshman Dom Artis started again in the backcourt and scored a team-leading 16 points (6-13 overall shooting, 4-8 from long distance) in 30 minutes of play.

Artis can fly

For having web feet, Dominic Artis can sky -- check out him winning the Oregon dunk contest (thanks to Percy Allen for the link):

Dom Artis also ASTI-ing

Dominic Artis is but the latest working out with the Advanced Sports training Institite (ASTI) folks. He'll be ready to quack big time come September.

Press and praise for DA

Josh Gershon recently tweeted this item: "Dominic Artis continues to improve at Findlay. We already knew he could pass but he has really improved as a scorer"

Oregon is getting a good one.

A Dom Artis update

Neal Nieves of Rivals (a sub is required) recently wrote this on Dom Artis after watching Findlay Prep and Gorman High go at it:

"A lot of people jumped off the bandwagon of Point Guard Dominic Artis. With his display on national TV two times in a row the Oregon commit has put those that jumped off ready to find a seat back on the bandwagon. Artis showed off his floor-general skills by getting his teammates involved for easy scores and also showed that he can attack the rim and finish. He has gotten a lot stronger and is finding his role with this Findlay Prep team. Next year Artis should get to Eugene and take over for the Ducks at the starting point guard position"

Dom Artis with some national pub

Christian Bradley offered this analysis after watching Dominic Artis play for Findlay Prep in this past weekend's Hoophall Classic tourney:

"Oregon-commit Dominic Artis (21 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists) proved to be one of the top performers of the tournament, showing off his unbelievable athleticism and strength to score nearly at will against inferior Simeon defenders. Artis was fearless when going to the rim, having no problem taking any contact that may come his way, and go on to most likely finish the strong lay-up anyways"

Artis to Eugene

Former Salesian High point Dom Artis has gone ducky as the 6-foot-3 Artis just pledged to Coach Dan Altman and the University of Oregon.

Dom Artis to quack?

Neal Nieves has posted that former Salesian point Dom Artis is leaning towards if not making reservations to attend Phil Knight U.

Dom Artis decommits from UCLA

It appears the commitment of Kyle Anderson to UCLA has altered the plans of Dominic Artis as the young man has opened his recruitment back up, as Eric Bossi reports (a Rivals sub is required).

USA West tops Puerto Rico 105-74 in Nike Global Challenge

In the Puerto Rico - USA West matchup in the Nike Global Challenge up in Oregon, Brandon Ashley went for 12 points and had three blocks in 24 minutes as a starter while Aaron Gordon came off the bench and totaled 18 points, five boards, four assists and a pair of blocks in 21 minutes. Starter Dominic Artis contributed 12 points and five rebounds in 21 minutes but also had a team-leading four TOs.

Another Dom Artis feature

Sam Laird offers a lengthy sort of compilation feature on Dominic Artis.

More on Dom Artis

Adam Zagoria, in print and video, features Dominic Artis:

A tweet about Dom Artis

Dave Telep also tweeted this earlier today:

"UCLA enters month of July as the clubhouse leader for point guard Dominic Artis"

More attention and a bigtime offer to Dom Artis

Jeff Borzello has fallen in love with the play of Dominic Artis -- here is his latest ode to the Bay Area talent.

Familiar names at the LeBron James Skills Academy

Noticeable names and numbers on the roster for the LeBron James Skills Academy:

* Dominic Artis 6-foot-1, 167, 6-foot-1 wingspan

* Brandon Ashley, 6-foot-7, 191, 6-foot-8 wingspan

* Aaron Gordon, 6-foot-8, 207, 6-foot-11 wingspan

Dom Artis with another national mention

Jerry Meyer of Rivals notes 10 talents as his biggest surprise players of the travel basketball season to date and the Bay Area gets repped (a Rivals sub is required):

8. Dominic Artis
School: Richmond (Calif.) Salesian
The Buzz: Artis is another point guard prospect who is poised to move up the rankings. Quick and confident with the ball, Artis is a playmaker who is a catalyst for a talented Oakland Soldiers team.

A Dominic Artis up-date

Josh Gershon tweeted this late yesterday:

"2012 PG Dominic Artis will unofficially visit UCLA on Tuesday. He also picked up an offer from Oregon today"

Some Pangos game numbers

Dave Kiefer and Dave Rogahn at California Preps have the numbers on four northern California players participating in the Pangos Top 25 game on Sunday:

* Aaron Gordon (Mitty), SG - 4/8 fg, 3 reb, 4 ast, 2 pf, 8 pts

* Jabari Bird (Salesian), G - 2/4 fg, 2/2 ft, 4 reb, 1 ast, 1 pf, 7 pts

* Dominic Artis (Salesian), G - 4/9 fg, 1/2 ft, 1 reb, 7 ast, 1 pf, 10 pts

* Ikenna Iroegbu (Oak Hill VA), G - 1/4 fg, 1 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl, 2 pts

More from the national reporters on the Pangos event this weekend

Eric Bossi of Rivals (a sub is required) offered these items on northern California talents:

* Ikenna Iroegbu confirmed that he's headed to Oak Hill and he's got plenty of school interest. Oklahoma State, USC, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Washington State and UCLA.

* Aaron Gordon is one of 2013's elite prospects and he has a list of high level programs. He listed Kansas, Washington, Arizona, New Mexico, Cal and Stanford.

* Dominic Artis has a ton of recent interest and scholarship offers from Florida State, Cal, Washington State, Colorado, Nevada and Florida International. Recent callers have included Texas, Memphis, UCLA and Louisville.

No UCLA in the running for Gordon for obvious reasons as is the inclusion of New Mexico. But it's a guarantee it won't be the latter.

The best storyline that is developing right now is that of Dom Artis. It and he just keep getting better.

Jerry Meyer of Rivals (a sub is required) posted something interesting on Aaron Gordon:

* Aaron Gordon 2013, combo forward- A high-level athlete, Gordon is quick off the floor and changes direction with the dribble at an impressive rate of speed. Right now his strengths are slashing to the basket, making athletic/hustle plays and finding open teammates while he is on the move. As he learns to slow down his game a little on the offensive end, he should become a better outside shooter.

One scouting colleague compared him to a young Shawn Marion. That comparison makes a lot of sense to me.

Dom Artis, Jabari Bird receive some national attention

Here's Eric Bossi at the Pangos event earlier today:

"Dominic Artis and Tyler Lewis going at each other was a lot of fun. Two guys with lots of tricks off the dribbles"

Plus, Joel Francisco, at the same event, tweeted this:

"Jabari Bird scored in a variety of ways....great upside"