More than 60 NBA personnel are expected at the Champions Classic Tuesday in Indianapolis, sources told SNY.tv.
Kansas plays Kentucky in one game and Michigan State meets Duke in the other.
DraftExpress.com has Duke’s Jahlil Okafor as the projected No. 1 pick in 2015, Kentucky’s Karl-Anthony Towns at No. 3 and Kansas’s Kelly Oubre and Cliff Alexander at 4 and 5, respectively.
Duke’s Justise Winslow is projected as the No. 8 pick, Kentucky’s Willie Cauley-Stein is No. 10, Duke’s Justise Winslow is No. 14, Kentucky’s Dakari Johnson is No. 19, Kansas’s Wayne Selden is No. 25, Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison is No. 26 and Aaron Harrison No. 28.
That makes 11 of the projected first 30 picks coming from Kentucky (5), Kansas (3) and Duke (3).
“There will be lots of prospects, lots of scouts and a great tip-off doubleheader in the heartland,” one veteran NBA scout told SNY.tv.
Kentucky had 90 NBA personnel at its preseason NBA Combine.
Stay tuned for more on ZAGSBLOG from the Champions Classic on Tuesday.
