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Thursday / March 28.
  • N.C. State’s Purvis, Trio of Mountaineers to Transfer

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    N.C. State freshman guard Rodney Purvis and a trio of West Virginia Mountaineers are all transferring.

    Aaron Brown, Volodymyr Gerun and Mount Vernon, N.Y., native Jabarie Hinds are all leaving Bob Huggins‘ program, the school announced.

    Purvis, whose transfer was reported by NewsObserver.com, is a McDonald’s All-American who averaged 8.3 points and 2.4 rebounds this season.

    He confirmed the decision on his Twitter account on Monday afternoon.

    “Tears won’t stop falling,” Purvis wrote. “I enjoyed every moment here. I still love you guys, no matter how you may feel towards me. Thank y’all !”

    Several reports linked Purvis to UConn, which next year will be part of the yet-to-be-named former Big East Conference.

    N.C. State will lose all five of its starters to graduation, transfer and early departure. As previously reported by SNY.tv., juniors C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown will declare for the NBA Draft, and Richard Howell and Scott Wood are graduating. Purvis started 23 of the team’s first 25 games before moving to the bench.

    At West Virginia, Brown is a 6-5 sophomore guard from Darby, Pa., who averaged 1.2 points and 0.9 rebounds. Rob Brown, Aaron Brown’s AAU coach, said the player had no list of choices yet.

    Gerun is a 6-10 sophomore from the Ukraine who averaged 1.3 points and 0.7 rebounds.

    And Hinds is a 5-11 sophomore who averaged 7.4 points and 1.8 rebounds.

    He initially chose West Virginia over UConn, UNLV and UCLA on SNY.tv.

    Mount Vernon coach Bob Cimmino said he had no current list of options.

    “I just want to say thank you to my teammates & the fans for the all the love and support I received,” Hinds Tweeted.

     

     

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    Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.

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