Transferred to Kansas to use one remaining year of eligibility after graduating from Memphis his junior year
Played in 33 games for the Jayhawks in 2013-14 (15 starts) and averaged 5.5 points and 3.9 rebounds per game
Named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week on Dec. 23, 2013, and named preseason Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
Memphis won three straight C-USA Tournament titles (2011-2013) and advanced to the NCAA Tournament all three seasons Black played for the Tigers
Field goal percentage of .605 at Memphis is No. 4 on the school’s all-time list
Sean Kilpatrick
Guard – Cincinnati – Senior
6’4” – 210 lbs
Named to the 2014 All-America First Team by six different national media outlets
Finished his collegiate career at Cincinnati second only to Oscar Robertson in career points (2,973), and also exited the school second in school history in wins (101)
Tied the school record for career 3-pointers made (313) and set Bearcat records for total games played (140), consecutive games played (140) and minutes played (4,315)
Selected to the USA Basketball World University Games Team that competed in Kazan, Russia in the summer of 2013
Recipient of the American Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Award as a senior and also was a unanimous All-AAC First Team selection
Garnered All-Big East Second Team honors in 2012 and 2013 and earned a spot on the 2011 Big East All-Rookie Team
Mitch McGary
Forward – Michigan – Sophomore
6’10” – 255 lbs
Named a 2014 Preseason All-American by The Associated Press, USA Today and Sporting News
Also earned 2014 Preseason All-Big Ten honors
Selected to the 2013 NCAA Final Four All-Tournament Team
Captured two Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors during the 2012-13 season
Helped Michigan to two NCAA Tournament selections, the 2013 NCAA national title game and the 2014 Elite Eight
Played in eight games his sophomore campaign before missing the remainder of the season after electing to have back surgery
Philipp Neumann
Center – Germany
6’11” – 234 lbs
Has played last five seasons with Brose Baskets Bamberg in Germany
Last season, saw time in 11 games for Brose Baskets and averaged 4.6 points and 2.9 rebounds per game
Participated in Adidas EuroCamp in Treviso in 2011 and 2014
On German U16, U18 and U20 National Teams, and was also named to the German National Team in 2012-13
In the U20 European Championships in Slovenia in 2012, averaged 12.5 points and 4.3 rebounds through six games
Johnny OBryant
Forward – Louisiana State – Junior
6’9” – 256 lbs
Named to the 2014 All-SEC First Team for the second straight season
Earned 2014 All-SEC Second Team honors by The Associated Press
Recorded 25 career double-doubles as a Tiger
Scored 10+ points in 28 games his junior season
Led the team in scoring his sophomore season, averaging 13.6 points
Appeared in the 2011 McDonald’s All-American Game and the Jordan Brand Classic as a senior at Eastside High School (Cleveland, Miss.)
Nick Russell
Guard – Southern Methodist – Senior
6’4” – 210 lbs
Played in all 37 games last season as a senior (36 starts) and averaged 9.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.0 steals in 32.5 minutes per game
After his senior year, ranked seventh in the conference in free throw percentage (80.2%), and 11th in both assists per game (3.2) and assist-to-turnover ratio (1.3)
As a junior, averaged 14.3 points (2nd SMU, 15th C-USA) and 4.3 assists (1st SMU, 7th C-USA) in 35.9 minutes (1st SMU, 2nd C-USA) and scored in double figures in all but five games
Did not play in 2011-12 after transferring to SMU from Kansas State
Played in 46 games for Kansas State over his first two college seasons with 14 starts coming his sophomore year
