FYI - Kentucky did, in fact, receive a signed letter-of-intent from John Wall this afternoon.
The 15 players invited to
the 2009 USA Basketball Men's World University Games training camp June
16-24 in Colorado Springs were announced. The list will be trimmed to 12 prior to the departure
for Serbia on June 25 and the competition will take place in Serbia
from July 2-12.
Wisconsin's Bo Ryan will coach the team.
James Anderson (Oklahoma State / Junction City, Ark.)
Talor Battle (Penn State / Albany, N.Y.)
Trevor Booker (Clemson / Whitmire, S.C.)
Craig Brackins (Iowa State / Palmdale, Calif.)
Da'Sean Butler (West Virginia / Newark, N.J.)
Sherron Collins (Kansas / Chicago, Ill.)
Mike Davis (Illinois / Alexandria, Va.)
Corey Fisher (Villanova / Bronx, N.Y.)
Lazar Hayward (Marquette / Buffalo, N.Y.)
Robbie Hummel (Purdue / Valparaiso, Ind.)
JaJuan Johnson (Purdue / Indianapolis, Ind.)
Quincy Pondexter (Washington / Fresno, Calif.)
Deon Thompson (North
Carolina / Torrance, Calif.)
Evan Turner (Ohio State / Chicago, Ill.)
Jarvis Varnado (Mississippi State / Brownsville, Tenn.).
RANDOM NOTES: Former Indiana guard Malik Story has transferred to Nevada. ... Southern Miss signed talented 6-foot-8 forward Gary Flowers out of Chipola JC. ... Kansas announced that C.J. Henry - Xavier's older brother - has been admitted to school and will play this season. C.J., who also plays pro baseball, spent last season as a non-scholarship player at Memphis and did not play.