New Huskies Osobor, Davis Reportedly Set to Withdraw from NBA Draft

Three of Sprinkle's 10 incoming players submitted their names.
Great Osobor (1) will go from the NCAA Tournament with Utah State to the UW.
Great Osobor (1) will go from the NCAA Tournament with Utah State to the UW. / Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Say this about Danny Sprinkle's new University of Washington basketball players: they're a confident bunch.

On Tuesday, CBS Sports reported that newly committed forward Great Osobor formerly of Utah State and recently signed guard DJ Davis previously from Butler will remove their names from the NBA Draft, this coming after the Huskies' newly signed Portland forward Tyler Harris revealed last week he will do the same.

They were among 195 early entry players in the draft, as disclosed by the league on May 1. Wednesday is the deadline for withdrawing from it.

One of the drawbacks to the Mike Hopkins's Husky coaching regime was the recent lack of NBA draft picks from the UW and the program's ever decreasing presence on pro basketball rosters.

No Huskies were selected in the past three NBA drafts and it will be four should recently graduated forward Keion Brooks go ignored in next month's talent grab.

The 6-foot-8, 250-pound Osobor from the London suburbs averaged 17.7 points and 9 rebounds per game for Utah State and Sprinkle last season, earning Mountain West Player of the Year honors. He recently revealed plans to play at the UW for Sprinkle while receiving a staggering $2 million name, likeness and image payout and no doubt improving his NBA prospects. He previously spent two seasons at Montana State with Sprinkle, which means they'll be together at three schools.

Davis, a 6-foot-1 playmaker, averaged 13.5 points and 2.6 assists for Butler and led the nation in free-throw shooting at 95 percent last season. He spent the three previous seasons at UC Irvine, where he was a first-team All-Big West selection.

Butler guard DJ Davis (4) goes to the basket against St. John's Red Storm guard Chris Ledlum (8). He'll play at the UW this season.
Butler guard DJ Davis (4) goes to the basket against St. John's Red Storm guard Chris Ledlum (8). He'll play at the UW this season. / Robert Goddin-USA TODAY Sports

Osobor and Davis, plus Harris, are among the 10 new Huskies either signed or committed since Sprinkle took over in late March. An NBA player or two should be in this mix.

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Dan Raley has worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, as well as for MSN.com and Boeing, the latter as a global aerospace writer. His sportswriting career spans four decades and he's covered University of Washington football and basketball during much of that time. In a working capacity, he's been to the Super Bowl, the NBA Finals, the MLB playoffs, the Masters, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and countless Final Fours and bowl games.