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Myles Turner Set To Announce

Texas, Kansas widely seen as favorites for Turner

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 02: Emmanuel Mudiay #0 of the west team goes up for a shot between (L-R) Myles Turner #35, Tyus Jones #21 and Cliff Alexander #11 of the east team during the 2014 McDonald's All American Game
CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 02: Emmanuel Mudiay #0 of the west team goes up for a shot between (L-R) Myles Turner #35, Tyus Jones #21 and Cliff Alexander #11 of the east team during the 2014 McDonald's All American Game
Jonathan Daniel

Wednesday is Myles Turner day, as the rising star from Texas is due to announce his collegiate choice.

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He still has a big list, with Duke, Texas, Kansas, SMU, Oklahoma State, Ohio State and Texas A&M.

Jeff Borzello of CBS Sports thinks it'll come down to Kansas and Texas with Texas prevailing.

ESPN gives Texas a 65% chance to land Turner.

So Rick Barnes must be thrilled with the student paper at Texas, where Evan Berkowitz lists five reasons why Turner should go elsewhere.

Among them: that Rick Barnes is not the man to get him ready for the NBA.

We don't have a feel for this in any direction, but we do understand that Jeff Capel is the guy who has put Duke into so many recruiting battles in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas lately.