Two high-ranking basketball executives at Nike offered recruiting advice to the University of Oregon, recommending players and regions for the Ducks to target, according to public records released Tuesday to The Oregonian/OregonLive.
Oregon coach Dana Altman received one email in 2014 from a Nike executive calling for the Ducks to recruit more aggressively in Canada. That email came from George Raveling, a respected college basketball coach turned Nike executive, who in 2010 suggested that Oregon hire Altman.
In April 2017, Altman received an email from a second Nike executive who highlighted two prospects the Ducks could recruit.