A post-draft deadline look at the 2016-17 season's top 20 teams

Edit Yahoo Daily News 26 May 2016
The deadline passed Wednesday night for prospects to decide whether or not to stay in the NBA draft, so the landscape for next year's college basketball season is finally becoming clearer ... 1. Duke. Key losses. F Brandon Ingram, C Marshall Plumlee, G, Derryck Thornton. Key returners ... Notable newcomers ... Outlook ... 2. Kentucky ... Outlook ... 3 ... F Dillon Brooks, G Tyler Dorsey, F Chris Boucher, F Jordan Bell, G Casey Benson, G Dylan Ennis, G Kendall Small....

College basketball's winners and losers on draft deadline day

Edit Yahoo Daily News 25 May 2016
Dillon Brooks, F, So., Tyler Dorsey, G, Fr., Chris Boucher, F, Jr ... Stephen Zimmerman, C, Fr., Derrick Jones Jr., G, Fr., Patrick McCaw, G, So., Chris Obekpa, C, Sr ... The school fired Dave Rice in January, chose not to retain interim coach Todd Simon in March, plucked Chris Beard from Arkansas-Little Rock just before the Final Four and finally settled for Marvin Menzies a few weeks later after Beard bolted for Texas Tech....

The Post’s college basketball top 10 for 2016-17 season

Edit New York Post 06 Apr 2016
An early look at next year’s favorites. 1. Duke. Hopefully, the Duke haters enjoyed the Blue DevilsSweet 16 exit, because the ACC power is a Final Four favorite next year ... 2. Villanova ... 3. Kentucky ... 4. Michigan State ... 5. North Carolina ... 6. Arizona ... 7. Xavier ... 8. Virginia ... 9. Kansas ... Oregon. The Big Three of versatile forward Chris Boucher and potent guards Tyler Dorsey and Dillon Brooks should give Oregon the opportunity to repeat as Pac-12 champions. ....

Shannon Ryan: Villanova, UNC look to be in NCAA title mix again next season

Edit The Oklahoman 05 Apr 2016
HOUSTON — Not long after Villanova coach Jay Wright had left the court to sit at a table with a giant crystal trophy, he was still struggling to conceptualize what had just happened ... “It is still surreal,” Wright said Monday night. “I don’t think I’ve really digested this year. I’m still in my coaching mind ... “It’s amazing ... ——— ... —1. Duke ... —2 ... Expect the Ducks to rule the Pac-12 as long as Dillon Brooks, Chris Boucher and Tyler Dorsey return....

Way-too-early 2016-17 Top 25: Kentucky, Duke land top two spots - Yahoo Sports

Edit Yahoo Daily News 05 Apr 2016
Chris Mack feels at home with Xavier ... G Tyler Dorsey, F Chris Boucher, G Casey Benson, F Jordan Bell ... Oregon’s prospects for next season were given a big bump in mid-March when Boucher, the exceptionally talented 6-10 big man who can swat shots, run the floor and knock down 3-pointers, was granted one more year of eligibility....

A way-too-early look at the 2016-17 season's top 20 teams

Edit Yahoo Daily News 05 Apr 2016
1. Duke. Key losses. F Brandon Ingram, C Marshall Plumlee, Grayson Allen (projected). Key returners ... Outlook ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... F Dillon Brooks, G Tyler Dorsey (projected), F Chris Boucher, F Jordan Bell, G Casey Benson, G Dylan Ennis, G Kendall Small ... Oregon could have five of its seven top players back from this season's 31-win Elite Eight team if Dorsey chooses not to enter the draft and Brooks and Boucher follow through on recent pledges to return....

Buddy Hield's NBA draft stock on rise

Edit Toronto Sun 28 Mar 2016
There’s always a danger of getting carried away by stellar tournament performances. Sure, sometimes a Dwyane Wade becomes a, well, Dwyane Wade, after looking unstoppable in the NCAA, as Wade once did for Marquette ... Which brings us to Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield ... STORY WON’T DIE ... Montreal’s Chris Boucher will be eligible to play another season for Oregon, after the school’s petition with the NCAA was accepted ... ....

The Latest: Villanova-Oklahoma on one side, All-ACC on other

Edit Palm Beach Post 27 Mar 2016
11.27 p.m.Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler dunks over Oregon forward Chris Boucher ......

Hield gets 37, Oklahoma beats Oregon 80-68 to hit Final Four

Edit Austin American Statesman 27 Mar 2016
The regional final was a monument to the formidable talent of Hield, the Sooners' senior star ... (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) ... (AP Photo/Mark J ... Hield had the highest-scoring performance against the Ducks all season.Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler, right, shots over Oregon forward Chris Boucher during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif ... ....

Oklahoma, Villanova reach Final Four

Edit Toronto Sun 27 Mar 2016
Buddy Hield was brilliant from start to finish for Oklahoma, scoring 37 points with a fluid jumper and an answer for everything Oregon tried against him defensively. In fact, there was only one remaining question after Hield climbed a stepladder to cut down the net that he had just set on fire in the West Region final of the NCAA Tournament ... ... Montreal’s Chris Boucher had 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Ducks ... ....

The Latest: Villanova clamps down in Kansas to up 9

Edit Austin American Statesman 27 Mar 2016
The Villanova run coincides with Deonte Graham going to the bench with two fouls for Kansas.Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler dunks over Oregon forward Chris Boucher during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif....

The Latest: Villanova up 7 at half behind tenacious defense

Edit Austin American Statesman 27 Mar 2016
Kris Jenkins dropped in a 3 right before halftime to give Villanova a 32-25 lead against Kansas in the South Regional final at Louisville.Oklahoma forward Ryan Spangler dunks over Oregon forward Chris Boucher during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the regional finals of the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 26, 2016, in Anaheim, Calif....

Oklahoma basketball: Sooners adjust for Oregon shot-blockers

Edit The Oklahoman 26 Mar 2016
Oregon has two of the top shot-blockers remaining in the NCAA Tournament in Chris Boucher and Jordan Bell....
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