Florida International’s Dominique Ferguson declared for the NBA Draft Tuesday, saying the school would not release him after Isiah Thomas was fired as coach.
Ferguson told The Associated Press that his request to be released from his scholarship was denied by Pete Garcia, the school’s executive director of sports and entertainment. A subsequent appeal process that Ferguson said included a meeting with university President Mark Rosenberg also did not bring the release he sought.
The school had no immediate response to the AP’s request for comment.
“It’s been very confusing,” Ferguson said. “I’m getting through all this mess. It’s a big mess going on right now.”
In two seasons at FIU, the 6-foot-9, 210-pound forward averaged 8.0 points and 5.6 rebounds.
The news was first reported by CBSSports.com.
Baylor’s Quincy Miller also declared.
Here’s the updated list of early entry candidates. I will update this periodically going forward.
Harrison Barnes, F, North Carolina
Will Barton, G, Memphis
Bradley Beal, G, Florida
J’Covan Brown, G, Texas
Dominic Cheek, G, Villanova
Jared Cunningham, G, Oregon State
Anthony Davis, F, Kentucky
Andre Drummond, F, UConn
Dominique Ferguson, F, FIU
Moe Harkless, G/F, St. John’s
John Henson, F, North Carolina
John Jenkins, G, Vanderbilt
Perry Jones III, F, Baylor
Terrence Jones, F, Kentucky
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, F, Kentucky
Doron Lamb, G, Kentucky
Jeremy Lamb, G, UConn
Meyers Leonard, C, Illinois
Damian Lillard, G, Weber St.
Kendall Marshall, G, North Carolina
Fab Melo, C, Syracuse
Khris Middleton, F, Texas A&M
Quincy Miller, F, Baylor
Arnett Moultrie, F, Mississippi State
Austin Rivers, G, Duke
Thomas Robinson, F, Kansas
Terrence Ross, G, Washington
Renardo Sidney, F, Mississippi State
Terrell Stoglin, G, Maryland
Jared Sullinger, F, Ohio State
Marquis Teague, G, Kentucky
Hollis Thompson, F, Georgetown
Dion Waiters, G, Syracuse
Maalik Wayns, G, Villanova
Royce White, F, Iowa State
Tony Wroten, G, Washington
Photo: AP
