Trey Lyles took an official visit to Butler on Friday.

The 6-foot-9 small forward, ranked as a top-10 player in the class of 2013, is likely to visit Michigan State, Illinois, Louisville and Ohio State in the near future.

“It’s a new thing for him to be highly recruited like this, so I want him to learn as much as he can and listen to what is said and what is not said,” Lyles’ father, Tom Lyles said. “So that’s what these visits will be about.”

Duke, North Carolina, North Carolina State , Florida, Texas and UCLA could receive visits as well.

Dez Wells is visiting Kentucky on Wednesday.

Wells was expelled from Xavier on August 3rd and denied an appeal despite no legal charges being leveled against him.

Wells will also visit Memphis and Maryland with a decision likely coming on Monday.

Chris Jones, a 5-foot-10, 170-pound guard who played two years at Northwest Florida State, has narrowed his list of possible college destinations to Memphis, Louisville, Kansas, Baylor, Florida State and Oklahoma State.

"Every coach on my list is just gonna let me play my game, they tell me they're gonna put the ball in my hands, and I can win at each program," Jones said. "Each coach is willing to get me to the next level."

Jones will visit each school besides Memphis, as the Memphis native has been on campus multiple times, and then sign in November's early signing period.

"Chris has managed the recruiting process well," Northwest Florida State coach Steve Forbes said. "I'm proud of him. He's made himself accessible and he got to know the coaches as best he could. When he came in my office (Friday), he had a really good idea of where he was at."

Troy Williams will play his senior season at Oak Hill Academy, a small preparatory school located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of southwestern Virginia.

"Everybody talks about all the players who went there," Williams said. "I'm mainly focusing on the maturity process. You play basketball and go to school. There's no outside distractions there. Everything you need is right there.

"Really, that's all I've been doing all summer, anyway. It won't be that much different. There will be video games there. I don't go out and party and all that, anyway. It won't be that much of a change."

Williams, a top-50 recruit in the 2013 class, expects to commit on or shortly after Nov. 14, when the early signing period begins.

The 6-foot-6 forward has offers from Kentucky, North Carolina, Georgetown, Louisville, Florida and South Carolina.

Tyler Ennis will announce his college decision on Thursday.

Ennis, who plays AAU for CIA Bounce, will choose between Syracuse, Illinois, Louisville, Memphis and UCLA.

Syracuse is considered the frontrunner and is the closest school to Ennis' home in Toronto.

Adrian Autry, assistant coach for Syracuse, attended every game Ennis played in during the month of July.

Doc Rivers and Gregg Popovich are considered the top candidates to replace Mike Krzyzewski as head coach of the United States, according to sources.

Jerry Colangelo will remain in his current position for one more Olympics and will give Krzyzewski some time to reconsider remaining.

Sources say Rick Pitino has expressed strong interest in the position, but an NBA coach is widely expected to eventually land the job.

Mike D'Antoni and Nate McMillan, current Team USA assistants without a permanent job with a team, are considered longshots.

Connecticut received a verbal commitment from Kentan Facey, a highly-touted 6-foot-9 forward out of New York Long Island Lutheran.

Facey, a native of Jamaica, chose the Huskies over USC, UCLA, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Memphis, St. John’s, Providence and Rutgers.

“That was the only school I knew anything about when I came to the states,” Facey said. “I was always a UConn fan, I always liked UConn.”

Joel Embid has only been playing basketball for 18 months, but his 7-foot-1 frame makes his potential limitless.

Embid began playing basketball at one of Luc Richard Mbah a Moute's basketball camps in Cameroon. Mbah a Moute discovered him and encouraged him to come to the United States and attend Montverde Academy in Florida.

"He's got untapped potential, when he figures it all out," one Division I assistant coach said. "In two years, he's going to be really good for somebody."

Florida and UCLA were both recruiting Embid early, while Louisville, Virginia, Texas and Georgia Tech have also expressed interest.

"He learned his foot skills by watching videotapes of Hakeem Olajuwon," said Jeff Simmons, Embid's AAU coach with Florida Elite. "He taught himself. His footwork is outstanding."

Embid will be a member of the 2013 incoming freshman class.

Mangok Mathiang has signed as a late 2012 recruit for Louisville.

Mathiang is a 6-foot-10 center from IMG Academies.

Mathiang averaged 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for IMG’s postgrad team and also considered offers from Kansas State, Georgia, Central Michigan, Auburn and Mississippi State.