BeeJay Anya is considering 16 schools, including Final Four members Ohio State, Kansas, Louisville.

“I’m just trying to take it one step at a time right now,” Anya said.

The 6-foot-9, 270-pound Anya is also looking at Syracuse, Pittsburgh, Virginia, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Rutgers, Memphis, UCLA, Arizona, Indiana, Notre Dame, Seton Hall and DePaul.

He is considered a top-20 prospect in the class of 2013.

Dion Waiters will leave Syracuse, hire an agent and declare for the draft.

"I've decided to pursue my dream of becoming a professional basketball player by entering my name in the NBA Draft this spring,’’ Waiters said in a statement released by Syracuse University’s athletic communications department. “I plan on signing with an agent.’’

Waiters, a 6-foot-4 sophomore, averaged 12.7 points per game on 47.6 percent shooting this past season.

Syracuse sophomore guard Dion Waiters will enter the 2012 draft, according to a source.

“He is definitely not coming back,” the source said.

The 6-foot-4, 215 pound guard averaged 12.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 24.1 minutes per game.

He is projected as a mid-to-late first round pick.

Nerlens Noel, a 6-foot-10 shot-blocking center out of Everett, Mass., has drawn comparisons to Bill Russell and Alonzo Mourning, among others.

Noel said he most likes to be compared to Russell, who won 11 NBA championships in thirteen seasons with the Celtics.

“I like the comparison to Bill Russell,” Noel explained. “He was a great legend of the game. And he won multiple championships in Boston, and that’s where I’m from. So, that comparison means a lot to me.”

Noel has narrowed his college choices to Kentucky, Syracuse, and Georgetown and will base his decision in part on their perceived ability to prepare him for the NBA.

“I want to play for a coaching staff that I can trust and that I know will be able to develop me and prepare me for the next level,” Noel said.

Nerlens Noel has cut his list of possible college destinations to three.

"(I've) narrowed down to UK, Syracuse and Georgetown," Noel told Scout.com on Sunday.

Noel, the nation’s top recruit, opted to eliminate Connecticut and North Carolina from consideration.

He’s expected to make his decision in April.

Dion Waiters’ instant offense and all-around court-savvy remind at least one scout of Dwyane Wade and James Harden.

"He does a little bit of the stuff that Dwyane Wade does," said the scout. "Now, he's not as explosive, but he splits doubles like Wade does. And he's got a little James Harden to him because he can pass it."

Waiters averages 23.9 minutes per game and is fourth in the Big East in player efficiency rating.

Fab Melo, who has been ruled ineligible to participate in the NCAA tournament, is unlikely to ever play for Syracuse again.

According to multiple sources in the NBA and at Syracuse, Melo plans to to declare for the NBA draft after this season.

He is projected as a late first to early second round pick.

In three games this season Syracuse allowed nearly 10 more points per 100 possessions without Fab Melo, who has been ruled ineligible for the NCAA tournament.

Melo averaged 2.93 blocks per game while accounting for 37.6 percent of the Orange’s total blocked shots this season.

Syracuse excels at creating points off turnovers, as the Orange averaged 1.23 points for every forced miscue, which is the second highest rate among schools in the Big Six conferences.

Syracuse center Fab Melo will not take part in the NCAA tournament due to an eligibility issue.

The school athletics department released the following statement:

Syracuse University sophomore men's basketball center Fab Melo did not travel with the team to Pittsburgh, and will not take part in the NCAA Tournament due to an eligibility issue. Given University policy and federal student privacy laws, no further details can be provided at this time.

Melo missed three games this season due to an academic issue.

Kentucky, Syracuse, North Carolina, and Michigan State earned No. 1 seeds for the 2012 NCAA tournament.

The Wildcats claimed the No. 1 overall seed after suffering only two losses on the season and will open the tournament against the winner of a first-round game between Mississippi Valley State and Western Kentucky.

The Orange. leading the East region, will play No. 16 UNC Asheville.

In the West, the Spartans will open against No. 16 LIU.

The Tar Heels will play the winner of a first-round game between 16 seeds Lamar and Vermont.

The tournament starts Tuesday, with the Final Four scheduled to be held in Houston, starting April 2.