We should not, however, let the draft move too far away without trying to note some things for next year, particularly as these lessons pertained to the Syracuse players who were drafted.
Cheick Diallo, the 6-9 Our Savior New American big man, enjoyed his visit to Kentucky which ended Monday, and says five schools are pursuing him the hardest.
Derryck Thornton and Tyus Battle are seriously talking about packaging together in college beginning in 2016 with Kentucky, UConn, Michigan and now Florida the four schools in discussion at this point.
Jerami Grant was named an All-ACC Honorable Mention after averaging 12.1 points and a team-leading 6.8 rebounds per game. He was also named to the Maui Invitational All-Tournament Team after averaging 16.7 ppg, 5.3 rpg and 5 asts.
Next year’s Syracuse men’s basketball team has big shoes to fill. The departing quartet of CJ Fair, Tyler Ennis, Jerami Grant and Baye Moussa Keita played 58 percent of the team’s minutes and scored 63 percent of its points last season.
Jarred Vanderbilt has a giant offer list for just being a freshman in high school: Syracuse, Texas, Baylor, Southern Methodist, Texas A&M, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and Tulsa.
Georgios Papagiannis, a native of Greece and member of Nike-affiliated Team Takeover D.C., has seen what Maryland has done, but is keeping the door open, he told CSN on Saturday.
Four-star combo guard Franklin Howard verbally committed to Syracuse on Monday night in an interview broadcast on SportsTalk Live on Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic.
Syracuse forward Jerami Grant will forgo his final two years of eligibility and declare for the 2014 NBA Draft, Sports Illustrated’s Pete Thamel tweeted on Monday afternoon.