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NCAA Basketball: Final Four-Duke PracticeDuke point guard Tyus Jones says the NBA decisions of his fellow freshmen Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow will impact his own impending decision.

“It will impact it,” Jones, the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four told Laura Keeley of the News-Observer.

The 6-foot-1 Jones came to Duke as a package deal with the 6-11 Okafor and two worked hard to get Winslow to join them, which he ultimately did.

Jones added: “But at the same time, each of us, myself, Justise and Jah, you have to make what is best for yourself because it is your future. Obviously we’re going to look at each other and what each other decides to do, but at the same time, they have to make the right decisions for themselves, and I have to make my decision”

DraftExpress.com projects Okafor at No. 2, Winslow at No. 5 and Jones at No. 21.

Articles, St. John's

2014 Tariq Owens HeadshotNew St. John’s coach Chris Mullin has landed his first player.

Tennessee transfer Tariq Owens, a 6-foot-10 power forward from Baltimore Mount Zion Prep, will transfer to St. John’s, his father and AAU coach confirmed to SNY.tv.

He also considered Cincinnati, George Washington and several Big Ten schools.

“It came down to family,” Renard Owens said. “I’m from Queens and my grandmother is sick in a nursing home. Tariq is real close to her. She’s his great-grandmother. So he has to get to see here and spend some time with her. That was the determining factor, being close to family.

Articles, Kentucky

University of Kentucky sophomore twins Aaron Harrison and Andrew Harrison will both enter the NBA Draft, according to CBS Sports’s Gary Parrish.

Parrish wrote that the twins will formally announce their intentions soon.

“They came close last year,” Craig Brownson, who coached the twins at Travis (TX) High School, told Jerry Tipton. “I was glad they came back.

“It wouldn’t surprise me at all if they decided to come out.”

Articles, Manhattan

yRR2zSof_reasonably_smallAshton Pankey, a 6-foot-10 redshirt junior from Manhattan, will declare for the NBA Draft instead of applying for a sixth year of eligibility at the MAAC school, he told SNY.tv and said on Twitter.

Pankey, who turns 23 next month, averaged 13.4 points and 6.7 rebounds this past season as the Jaspers made a run to the NCAA Tournament under head coach Steve Masiello.

An NBA scout told SNY.tv he doesn’t see Pankey getting drafted.

Articles, Kentucky

2014top100-45Kentucky may only have three recruits so far for next year, but one of them is now projected as the No. 1 pick in the 2016 NBA Draft.

DraftExpress.com elevated Skal Labissiere to No. 1 from No. 3 after watching him work out for the World Team at the Nike Hoop Summit in Portland, Ore.

The 7-foot, 216-pound big man from Haiti by way of Memphis jumped over uncommitted wing Jaylen Brown, who had been No. 1, and LSU-bound forward Ben Simmons. Brown is now No. 2 and Simmons No. 3.

Articles

9306489Eastern Kentucky has hired Minnesota assistant coach Dan McHale as its new head coach, a source confirmed to SNY.tv.

A strong recruiter with ties to the East Coast’s fertile talent base, McHale will be introduced at a press conference Thursday or Friday.

McHale replaces Jeff Neubauer, who left to take the Fordham job.

A native of Chatham, N.J., McHale was a student manager for four years at Kentucky under Tubby Smith (1997-2001), graduating with honors with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. McHale spent four seasons at Louisville, two as a video coordinator and two as a staff assistant under Pitino.

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