How Oregon landed South Carolina transfer Jermaine Couisnard

A key hire, lunch with future teammates and a phone call from Dillon Brooks were a part of Oregon's full-court press on the transfer guard.

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Jermaine Couisnard had options.

The 6-foot-4 South Carolina transfer was drawn towards finishing the final years of his collegiate career with Gonzaga. He also had Houston, BYU, Ohio State and others chasing him.

But in the end, it may have been one phone call that swung everything. 

Consider it another win at the buz…