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Central Connecticut State sophomore guard Kyle Vinales has decided not to transfer from the school and will return to the program for his junior season. The guard, CCCU's leading scorer, announced over a month ago that he would transfer to another program in order to have a better shot at competing in the NCAA tournament. Ryan Peters of Big Apple Buckets, who covers the NEC, now argues, that with Vinales back in the fold, Central is a sleeper in the league, which he calls "wide-open."

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It had been rumored for over a week that DePaul power forward Donnavan Kirk would be transferring from the program. Now it's official: the school announced it has granted Kirk permission to contact other institutions for transfer opportunities. Kirk will be graduating from DePaul this summer and thus will be eligible to play his final season in 2013-14 at another school. Who has the inside track to Kirk?

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ESPN 60 2014 SF Kameron Chatman (Long Beach, Ca./Long Beach Poly) has been garnering more interest nationwide. The school that seems to be attracting the most attention surrounding his recruitment is Michigan.

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We wrote yesterday about Enosch Wolf's status at UConn and how it is in flux because of the recent transfer by senior guard Lasan Kromah from George Washington to UConn. What kind of impact will Kromah make at his new school?

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Isaiah Briscoe (Union, N.J./St. Benedict's Prep), one of the top shooting guards in the Class of 2015, holds high-major offers from places all across the country, including Baylor, UConn, Florida, Miami, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Seton Hall, Syracuse and Virginia. Most recently, Big Ten schools Indiana and Ohio State have joined the mix.

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Reid Travis's (Minneapolis, Minn./De La Salle) recruitment has been national for some time. Ranked No. 40 in the Class of 2014, the 6-foot-8 power forward holds offers and serious interest from Gonzaga, Iowa State, Stanford, Harvard, Northwestern and Minnesota. Most recently, UCLA jumped in the mix and Travis seems thrilled by the development.

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Memphis hauled in the No. 3 ranked recruiting class in 2013. The class includes three four-star players-- small forward Kuran Iverson (Windsor, Conn./Fishburne Military), small forward Nick King (Memphis, Tenn./King), and point guard Rashawn Powell (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips). The jewel of the class, though, is Austin Nichols (Eads, Tenn./Briarcrest Christian), the five-star power forward ranked No. 15 in his class.

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We've been following where guard Ahmad Starks, rising senior guard and Oregon State transfer, might land. The two schools he is most heavily considering are Illinois and Bradley. Illinois' chances at getting Starks presumably went up today with the news that current sophomore Illini forward Myke Henry requested his release from the program and has decided to transfer.

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South Dakota State announced former Florida PF Cody Larson will be transferring into the program and will be eligible in 2014-15 after sitting out next year. Larson's college career has been filled with tumult. After redshirting his freshman year in Gainesville in 2010-11, the 6-foot-9 Larson ran into legal trouble during the 2011 offseason. After he was reinstated and played the 2011-12 year, he lost his scholarship and left the team before the start of the 2012-13 season to focus on academics and fixing off-court problems. Now he will join SDSU, which is just 45 miles from where he grew up.

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UPDATE: We wrote two weeks ago about how 2014's No. 2 PG Emmanuel Mudiay (Arlington, Texas/Prime Prep Academy) was looking to cut his list to five schools and pointed to several he'd like to visit.

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2014 point guard Josh Perkins (Denver, Co./Regis Jesuit) received an offer from UCLA just under two weeks ago and will be officially visiting Westwood next weekend. Perkins, ranked No. 41 in the Class of 2014, will then visit Gonzaga the following weekend. Given the schedule and proximity of offer to visit, one has to think UCLA has the upper hand in Perkins' recruitment right now.

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As we noted earlier in the week, Memphis transfer Antonio Barton plans on announcing where he'll play his senior season of college ball on Sunday. He'll be eligible to suit up right away wherever he goes, and each of his four finalists could use him pretty badly at this point.
Maryland, Tennessee, Texas A&M and Kansas State are the schools Barton is considering, and each will be able to offer him playing time right away. The Terrapins need someone to replace Pe'Shon Howard, who transferred away when his junior season wrapped up. If they get Barton, they can slide Seth Allen over to his more natural position and slowly work potential freshman phenom Roddy Peters into the mix at a less frantic pace.

Meanwhile, the Volunteers are generating some buzz as a team on the rise in the SEC for next season. But the absence of Trae Golden leaves them without a point guard to run the show. Considering the value of that position, that's a pretty important piece to be missing. The Aggies have the Glenn Cyprien connection working in their favor, and could obviously use another perimeter weapon to step in. They're hot on the trail of 2014 recruit Alex Robinson but, even if he does choose to play basketball in College Station down the line, they'll still need someone for next season.

Much like Tennessee, the Wildcats are in need of an experienced player to run the show after Angel Rodriguez took off for Miami earlier in the offseason. That was a great pickup for the Hurricanes, who were in a similar situation with Shane Larkin jumping to the NBA. But it left KSU with a considerable void in the backcourt.

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Time is running out for college prospects to impress NBA scouts. And Pierre Jackson is making the most of every opportunity he gets.

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In terms of good news for Duke fans, it doesn't get much better than this. Mike Krzyzewski will be coaching Team USA again at the 2016 Olympics -- that much we already knew. But he acknowledged today that he fully intends to stay at Duke until those Olympics take place. If not longer.

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