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Well it looks like 7-foot high school senior Andrew Bynum, a.k.a. the guy who was going to keep UConn's front line stacked with a twin towers presence now that Villanueva thinks he is ready for the NBA, is joining Charlie in the quest to become a mediocre NBA rookie:

Bynum, a 7-foot center who averaged 22 points, 16 boards and five blocks at St. Joseph High (N.J.), would have competed for a starting position with the Huskies, possibly playing alongside rising junior Josh Boone for a team expected to contend for the national title.

The first bit of good news for UConn is that he has not signed an agent as of yet, so if he does not like where he is picked, he can come back to the Huskies. The second bit of good news is that the ESPN mock draft has Bynum going last in the first round, to the Knicks.

However, the uncertainty in all this is that it looks as if the NBA will institute a minimum age of 19 for the NBA after this year's draft, which means if Bynum wanted to go to UConn, it looks to me as if he would need to stay for two years, because he is only 17 right now. Yes, 17, 7 feet tall, and 300 pounds. Good lord, I hope this guy is in the Big East next year.