Aaron Scales, a 6-foot-9, 250-pound power forward prospect from the American Basketball Institute in Charlotte, N.C., announced he has de-committed from Missouri.

His coach, John Jordan, who made the announcement in an email to several media members, cited the uncertain outcome of the NCAA investigation into allegations of impropriety by Frank Haith while at Miami as the reason for Scales to change his mind.

“Actually, he’s been thinking about it for the last few weeks. It’s just a tough situation,” Jordan said in a phone interview Monday morning. “He really likes Coach Haith. He’d love to play for him, but with these allegations pending, it’s a situation where we just can’t gamble on this kind of situation.”

Negus Webster-Chan has committed to Missouri, according to Huntingon Prep coach Rob Fulford.

Webster-Chan is a 6-foot-7 small forward from Ontario, Canada.

Webster-Chan paid visits to Clemson and Iow Astate.

Laurence Bowers, Missouri's senior forward, has torn an ACL in one of his knees and won't play this season.

Bowers made 27 starts last season and averaged 11.6 points and 6.1 rebounds.

Missouri was already thin in the frontcourt with Louisville transfer George Goode deciding not to to play for Frank Haith after all and eventually landing at Fairleigh Dickinson.

Missouri's guard-heavy lineup will have to adjust on both ends of the floor. On attack, the Tigers will probably have to play a hybrid four-guard lineup, with small forward Kim English sliding to the "power forward" spot in name only.

The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Preseason Top 50 list today on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year’s individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor.

Nineteen of the 50 players named were from two conferences, the Big East (10) and Big Ten (9). The SEC had seven players chosen, followed by the ACC, Big 12, and Pac-12 each with four; and the Atlantic 10, Big West and Conference USA with two each. Conferences with one players named include the Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West and WCC.

For the first time, a school had four players listed as North Carolina had Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller selected.

Tyrek Coger has de-committed from Missouri and is visiting N.C. State this weekend.

Coger is a high school teammate of Rodney Purvis, who committed to the Wolfpack on Friday.