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And-Ones: Wright, Martin, Rhoden, Maxey, Poole, Draft

April 21st, 2022 at 9:13pm CST by Dana Gauruder

Jay Wright isn’t interested in coaching in the NBA after retiring from his post at Villanova.

Wright, who won two national championships, enjoyed assisting Gregg Popovich on the Team USA staff but never came close to leaving Villanova for NBA jobs, says ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link). Sources who have talked to Wright don’t believe the NBA holds appeal to him now or in future, Wojnarowski adds.

According to a school press release, Wright will take the post of Special Assistant to the President at the university. Fordham head coach Kyle Neptune, a former Wildcats assistant, will replace Wright, Jeff Goodman of Stadium tweets.

We have more from around the basketball world:

Former UConn wing Tyrese Martin and Seton Hall wing Jared Rhoden were among the players who stood out at the Portsmouth Invitational, Jonathan Givony of ESPN reports. San Francisco guard Jamaree Bouyea and Texas A&M guard Quenton Jackson also turned some heads at the annual event.
The NBA playoffs has thus far been a boon for some of the league’s young guards, John Hollinger of The Athletic writes. Tyrese Maxey, Jordan Poole, Jalen Brunson and Anthony Edwards have delivered big offensive games to lift their teams to victories.
Now that all the tiebreakers have been decided, the NBA draft order is set up until next month’s lottery. The Athletic’s Zach Harper takes a closer look at all the lottery teams, their needs and what kind of players they might target.

Draft Notes: Peterson, Mutts, Mohammed, Rhoden, Miles

April 11th, 2022 at 11:00pm CST by Dana Gauruder

USC’s Drew Peterson will test the draft waters while maintaining his college eligibility, he announced on his Twitter page. The 6’9” Peterson averaged 12.4 PPG, 6.2 RPG and 3.3 APG this past season. He has started the past two seasons for the Trojans after two seasons with Rice.

We have more draft-related decisions:

Virginia Tech’s Justyn Mutts has declared for the draft while maintaining his college eligibility, he announced on Twitter. The senior forward averaged 10.1 PPG, 7.4 RPG and 3.4 APG this past season.
Georgetown freshman swingman Aminu Mohammed will go through the process, his guardian confirmed to Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com. “We will go through the draft process and let that play out,” his guardian Shawn Harmon said. “Any other decision counter to that will be made at the appropriate time.” Mohammed averaged 13.7 PPG and 8.2 RPG for the Hoyas.
Seton Hall’s Jared Rhoden will forego a fifth year of eligibility and turn pro, Zagoria reports in a separate story. The 6’6” Rhoden averaged 15.5 PPG and 6.7 RPG for the Pirates. He’s been invited to the Portsmouth Invitational.
After initially testing the draft waters, TCU’s Mike Miles has changed course and will return to school, Rothstein tweets. The sophomore guard averaged 15.4 PPG and 3.8 APG in 31 starts.