Paul Harris, who shared the backcourt with NBA first-round pick Jonny Flynn at Syracuse last season, is in the D-League draft pool.
The D-League announced Wednesday the list of available players for Thursday’s D-League Draft, which can be seen live on NBA TV beginning at 7 p.m.
With eight rounds and 16 teams, a total of 128 players will get drafted. There are 200 players in the draft pool.
Can this year's North Carolina team win a national championship like the 2004-05 squad did with Jackie Manuel? He sure thinks so as the Tar Heels are in the Sweet 16.
They came from two of most storied college basketball programs.
Jackie Manuel played at North Carolina. Erik Daniels did his thing at Kentucky.
Now with the NCAA Tournament underway, the two Erie BayHawk veteran leaders are in a playful, but piercing war of words.
Why?
Well, the top-seeded Tar Heels (30-4) are gearing up for a Sweet 16 game against fourth-seeded Gonzaga (28-5) on Friday while the Wildcats (22-13) barely scraped by Creighton (27-8) in the second round of the NIT on Monday night.
The Wildcats take on Notre Dame (20-14) in the NIT quarterfinals Wednesday.
“I’m rubbing it in all time,” Manuel said with a wide grin. “I told him they’re playing for 66th.”
(The NCAA Tournament has 65 teams. So in essence, Manuel is saying Kentucky isn’t better than any team in the NCAA Tournament.)
“Even if they win the (NIT) championship, they’re playing for 66th.”
Ouch!
