Draft deadline: St. John’s surprise, Milan Momcilovic’s options, Koa Peat stays in; why the “Protect College Sports Act” will probably fail; the MAAC changes to … the Metro?!?
Eye On College Basketball
CBS Sports
4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Gary Parrish and Matt Norlander break down the most impactful NBA Draft withdrawal deadline decisions. Tounde Yessoufou is coming back and heading to St. John's. Milan Momcilovic is back. Koa Peat is gone. All-Americans are returning to the sport and plenty more from the May 27 deadline.
(0:00) Intro + we got deadline decisions to discuss!
(1:00) Younde Yessoufou is coming back … and headed to St. John’s
(8:00) Where will Milan Momcilovic play next season
(16:30) Two players that are officially gone: Koa Peat & Christian Anderson
(24:00) Important players returning to college
(32:00) GP played golf at PGA Frisco … let’s talk
(35:40) News & notes: College sports legislation and a conference name change
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there. I am Gary Parrish. Welcome back to the I On College Basketball podcast, where we sometimes discuss Campbell fighting Dodo Birds and and leaky black Matt Norlander is here with me if you watch it on |
| 0:24.3 | YouTube honor Brandon Davies the only way you should smash that like button and if you |
| 0:28.3 | haven't yet subscribed to the I on college basketball podcast please do that |
| 0:32.5 | wherever you subscribe to pods like Spotify and Apple let's get get into it. The deadline for underclassmen to |
| 0:39.3 | withdraw from the 2006 NBA draft, it has come and gone. It was 1159 p.m. Eastern last night, |
| 0:46.7 | and the biggest headline, I think, is that former McDonald's All-American, Tundayesevo, |
| 0:52.2 | has withdrawn and committed to St. John's so the rich get richer. Norlander, it is good to see you on this Thursday morning. We're going to get to co-opete and the rest of these dudes in a minute. But if you don't mind, let's start with Tunei Yesafu committing to St. Johns. How much, if at all, does that move the needle for you with the Johnny's? It's a needle mover. |
| 1:12.1 | And it's a fun little twist here, GP. |
| 1:14.7 | I did not think that we'd be talking about Tunday Yesafu on St. |
| 1:18.3 | John's roster as recently as 12 hours ago, at least not on this timeline. |
| 1:24.7 | His commitment affects another lingering stay-or-go decision, |
| 1:28.7 | which we'll get to in a few here. |
| 1:30.1 | But the St. John's starting lineup will be, |
| 1:33.1 | almost certainly will be Quinnellis, |
| 1:34.8 | incoming transfer, European, |
| 1:37.1 | the Brit at the point, |
| 1:38.5 | Ian Jackson at the two, |
| 1:40.2 | Yassifu will play the three, |
| 1:42.1 | Donnie Freeman from Syracuse will start at the four. |
| 1:44.5 | And then Ruben Prey is projected to start at the five. |
| 1:48.1 | And this is a big time get. |
| 1:50.3 | In fact, Rick Petino knew what was going on. |
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