NCAA WiretapApril 2013 NCAA Wiretap

Jarnell Stokes Staying At Tennessee For Junior Season

Apr 27, 2013 6:58 PM

Jarnell Stokes has decided to stay at Tennessee for his junior season.

Stokes was considered a probable second round pick had he declared.

Stokes projects as an undersized power forward on the NBA level.

Stokes averaged 12.4 points and 9.6 rebounds in his sophomore season.

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Tags: Jarnell Stokes, Tennessee Volunteers, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General

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Ray McCallum Declares For Draft

Apr 27, 2013 6:56 PM

Ray McCallum has decided to enter the 2013 NBA Draft. 

McCallum averaged 13.5 points, 4.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game in his junior season at Detroit.

McCallum averaged 18.7 points per game as a freshman.

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Tags: Ray McCallum, Detroit-Mercy Titans, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General, NBA Draft Declarations

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Andre Roberson Delays Announcement On NBA Decision

Apr 26, 2013 3:42 PM

Andre Roberson canceled a Friday press conference at which he was scheduled to announce whether he would enter the NBA draft.

The deadline is 10 p.m. Sunday for non-seniors to declare for the draft.

"It's a big decision, an emotional decision," Colorado coach Tad Boyle said. "Especially for Andre, when you want something (professional career) so much and you're also at a place (CU) that is so special to him, you're torn.

"Andre sees the benefits and risks of both, and he's weighing those benefits and risks. At the end of the day, he'll do what's best for him."

Tom Kensler/Denver Post

Tags: Andre Roberson, Colorado Buffaloes, Pacific-12 Conference, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General

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Shane Larkin To Enter NBA Draft

Apr 26, 2013 3:40 PM

Shane Larkin plans to enter the NBA draft and skip his final two seasons at Miami.

Larkin is considered the third-best point guard in the draft class behind Michigan's Trey Burke and Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams.

Larkin led the Hurricanes to the ACC regular season title and the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

Adrian Wojnarowski/Yahoo! Sports

Tags: Shane Larkin, Miami (FL) Hurricanes, Atlantic Coast Conference, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General

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Willie Cauley-Stein Wants To Expand Skillset, Return To Kentucky With 'Dominating Mindset'

Apr 25, 2013 4:53 PM

Willie Cauley-Stein has been working to expand his skillset as he prepares for his second season at Kentucky.

"(I want to) become more of an all-around basketball player, a guy that can step out, shoot threes, hit the 15-footer, take people off the dribble," Cauley-Stein said. "Just become more of a complete dude, not just a guy that's going to sit in the paint. That's not the way that I wanted to play coming in, it just ended up being like that."

The 7-foot, 244 pound Cauley-Stein requested evaluations from the NBA draft advisory committee after a freshman season in which he averaged 8.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

"I heard anywhere from (picks) eight to 10, 15 to 20, 22 to 25," Cauley-Stein said. "And you're like, 'That's the whole dang scale. That's everywhere.'"

Cauley-Stein plans to bring a different attitude to practice when Kentucky begins its workouts in October.

"I kind of got like a dominating mindset going into this next year," Cauley-Stein said. "I want to be the best in everything I do. Before it was kind of like, 'Eh, I'll come in here and try to do.' This time I want to come in here and do it. I don't want to try to do it."

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Tags: Willie Cauley-Stein, Kentucky Wildcats, Southeastern Conference, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General

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Doug McDermott Opts To Return For Senior Season At Creighton

Apr 25, 2013 3:27 PM

Doug McDermott will return to Creighton for his senior season.

McDermott explored the option of departing early for the NBA draft, but ultimately decided that returning to school was in his best interests.

Based on evaluations he received from the draft advisory committee, McDermott said, “There was no doubt in my mind that I would have been a first-round pick.''

McDermott's father, Creighton coach Greg McDermott, recommended his son go pro.

“He knew my dream is to play in the NBA, and he just felt that this was too good of an opportunity to pass up,'' Doug said. “But the way I look at it, if I can play in the NBA, I can play there the next year just as well as I can next year.

“I feel there are things I can work on. I feel I can still improve my draft stock by playing in the Big East. There are a lot of areas that I can get better at, and I just felt I'd be more comfortable doing it here in Omaha.''

Steven Pivovar/Omaha World-Herald

Tags: Doug McDermott, Creighton Bluejays, Missouri Valley Conference, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General

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Russ Smith Staying At Louisville For Senior Season

Apr 24, 2013 3:39 PM

Russ Smith has decided to remain at Louisville for his senior season, postponing the beginning of his NBA career.

Smith had been strongly declaring for the 2013 NBA Draft.

"I love these guys and this team, and I don't want to leave them right now," Smith said at the news conference.

"I never really got an official goodbye -- and that stuck with me. I wanted to do Senior Night."

Smith nearly transferred from Louisville after his freshman season, but helped lead the Cardinals to the 2013 National Championship.

Smith was considered a likely second round pick had he declared.

"The pros of staying were so much better than the pros of leaving," he said. "What was crazy, the pros for me leaving were very immature. You have to put the work in to get better, you have to do this and you have do that, those are all challenges and we both felt I'd be running away from getting better and maturing as a player if I just left. I have new goals and new challenges, and I'll reach them."

Jeff Goodman/CBS Sports

Tags: Russ Smith, Louisville Cardinals, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General

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Wiggins Cancels Home Visits With North Carolina, Kansas, Florida State

Apr 22, 2013 10:24 AM

Andrew Wiggins has canceled hime visits he had scheduled this week with Kansas, North Carolina and Florida State.

Wiggins is also considering committing to Kentucky.

Wiggins had 17 points, nine rebounds and four assists in Saturday's Nike Hoop Summit in Portland. Wiggins remains in Portland due to travel problems and still plans on speaking with coaches from those schools on the phone.

Jeff Goodman/CBS Sports

Tags: Andrew Wiggins, North Carolina Tar Heels, Florida State Seminoles, Kansas Jayhawks, Kentucky Wildcats, High School, High School Recruiting, NCAA, NCAA Recruiting, NCAA Misc Rumor

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Shane Larkin Will Wait Until Draft Deadline To Decide Future

Apr 20, 2013 9:52 PM

Shane Larkin will wait until the April 28 deadline before announcing whether he will declare for the NBA draft.

"I'm just going to class right now,” Larkin said. “I have finals coming up, so that's what I'm really focused on."

A 5-foot-11 point guard, Larkin is being projected as a late-first to late-second round draft pick.

Larkin averaged 14.6 points on 47.9 percent shooting last season and was voted the ACC player of the year by the league’s coaches.

Michael Casagrande/South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Tags: Shane Larkin, Miami (FL) Hurricanes, Atlantic Coast Conference, NCAA, NBA, NBA NBA Draft, NBA Draft General, NCAA Misc Rumor

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Wiggins Has Not Chosen A College, Dismisses Rumors

Apr 20, 2013 1:46 PM

Andrew Wiggins is in no rush to choose between his final four of Florida State, Kentucky, North Carolina and Kansas.

Some outlets have reported that Wiggins is favoring Florida State.

“Anyone who says they know where I’m going is a liar,” Wiggins said this week. “I don’t know where I’m going, so they can’t know where I’m going.”

Wiggins will take the floor for his last game as a high school student on Saturday, when the World Select team takes on Team USA in the 15th edition of the Nike Hoop Summit.

Wiggins scored a team-high 20 points in leading the World team to a win in last year’s showcase and would like to repeat that performance.

“I wouldn’t want to play my last game and lose,” the 18-year-old said after practice on Thursday.

Michael Grange/Rogers Sportsnet

Tags: Andrew Wiggins, High School, NCAA, NBA

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C.J. McCollum Eager To Prove He's Healthy, Ready For NBA

Nicole Auerbach/USA TODAY

Kelly Olynyk Leaving Gonzaga For NBA Draft

Jim Meehan/Spokane Review Journal

Towns, Wiggins Developing Chemistry On World Select Team

Larry Vaught/Danville Advocate

Andrew Harrison Plans To Showcase PG Skills At Kentucky

Larry Vaught/Danville Advocate

C.J. Wilcox To Return To Washington For Senior Season

Percy Allen/Seattle Times

Gary Harris To Bypass Draft, Return To Michigan State

Matt Charboneua/Detroit News

Mason Plumlee Receiving Pre-Draft Advice From Miles

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McGary, Robinson Forgo NBA Draft To Return To Michigan

Jeff Goodman/CBS Sports

Marcus Smart Eager To Prove He Can Compete With Next Year's Draft Class

John Helsley/Oklahoman

Grant Jerrett Declares For NBA Draft

Bruce Pascoe/Arizona Daily Star

Sources: Eddie Jordan Has Reached Agreement To Coach At Rutgers

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Tim Hardaway Jr. To Enter Draft

Michael Rothstein/ESPN

Wiggins, Parker, Randle Headline 2013 All-USA High School Boys Basketball Team

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McAdoo Remaining At North Carolina For Junior Season

Jeff Goodman/CBS Sports

Source: Marcus Smart Will Return To Oklahoma State

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Shabazz Muhammad To Declare For Draft

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Source: Reggie Bullock Declaring For NBA Draft

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Otto Porter Jr. Enters NBA Draft

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Nerlens Noel Confirms He'll Enter NBA Draft

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Source: Alex Len To Enter Draft

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