A 5-star prep recruit out of New Jersey, Louis King was a highly regarded prospect well before his NCAA career began for the Oregon Ducks.
King, along with fellow 2019 NBA Draft prospect Bol Bol, were the prized incoming recruits that Oregon head coach Dana Altman could add to a core of Payton Pritchard and Kenny Wooten, to form arguably the most talented roster in the Pac-12 conference in the 2018-19 season.
A torn meniscus during his senior year of high school led to King starting behind the eight ball in his diaper dandy season. It wasn’t until mid-December that King would be slowly integrated into the rotation, but a Pac-12 Tournament championship in March, followed up by a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament, extended the Ducks’ season considerably longer.