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Arkansas forward Kingsley withdraws name from NBA Draft

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Arkansas’ Moses Kingsley (33) shoots a basket over South Carolina’s Laimonas Chatkevicius (14) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against South Carolina in Fayetteville, Ark., Saturday, March 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Sarah Bentham)

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Arkansas received some good news Monday afternoon, as junior power forward Moses Kingsley announced that he will withdraw his name from the NBA Draft and return to Fayetteville for his senior season. After playing sparingly in his first two seasons Kingsley took a major step forward in the Razorbacks’ first season without Bobby Portis, averaging 15.9 points, 9.3 rebounds and 2.4 blocks in 29.5 minutes per game.

Kingsley earned second team All-SEC and All-Defensive team honors as a result of his junior season, and in 2016-17 he’ll be the leader of a front court that should be better than it was this past season. Junior college all-american Arlando Cook joins the program, and Colorado transfer Dustin Thomas will be eligible to compete as well.

Rounding out the front court rotation will be redshirt sophomore Trey Thompson and incoming freshman Adrio Bailey, with the 6-foot-9 Thompson looking to improve upon the 3.1 points and 4.3 rebounds he averaged in 17 minutes per game last season.