Noah Vonleh Is One-And-Done
To the surprise of virtually no one,
No losing player in the NCAA Tournament wants to talk about the NBA Draft right after they go down in defeat.
It’s an awkward question for reporters to ask, yet everybody is curious what they might say.
In the cases of Kansas freshmen Andrew Wiggins and Joel Embiid, both told reporters after losing to Stanford, 60-57, that they weren’t thinking about the draft at this point.
The Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC emerged as the big winners after the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament.
Those three leagues entered the tournament with a combined 15 teams and will send a total of nine to the Sweet 16.
Here you go…
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27 (7 p.m.-Midnight ET)
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Tip (ET) |
Network |
Site |
Game |
Play-by-Play/Analyst//Reporter |
| 7:15 p.m. | CBS | Memphis I | Stanford vs. Dayton | Kevin Harlan/Len Elmore/Reggie Miller//Rachel Nichols |
| 7:47 p.m. | TBS | Anaheim I | Wisconsin vs. Baylor | Marv Albert/Steve Kerr//Craig Sager |
| After conc. I | CBS | Memphis II | Florida vs. UCLA | Harlan/Elmore/Miller//Nichols |
| After conc. I | TBS | Anaheim II | Arizona vs. San Diego State | |
Luke Kennard, a 6-foot-5 2015 shooting guard from Franklin (Ohio), will make his college announcement Monday night at 7:45, according to a press release Kennard Tweeted.
Kennard, who averaged 40 points per game this season and was named the Ohio Gatorade Player of the Year, is considering Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina, Louisville, Ohio State, Michigan and Florida.
Charles Barkley has long been against freshmen entering the NBA, and he used this weekend’s stunning results to chime in again.
The three projected top picks in the NBA Draft — Andrew Wiggins, Joel Embiid and Jabari Parker — are now all out on the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament, with Kansas having been sent packing by Stanford on Sunday as Wiggins went 1-for-6 for 4 points and Duke having been ousted by Mercer on Friday. Syracuse and freshman star Tyler Ennis, a projected Top 10 pick, also lost to Dayton on Saturday night.
By JOSH NEWMAN
Special to ZAGSBLOG
Multiple outlets are reporting that there is mutual interest between Marquette and Ben Howland, and that the former UCLA head coach holds the program in high regard.
A contract offer has yet to be extended.
