re: Austin Nichols granted release from Memphis - With conditions

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Nichols has no shortage of high-profile suitors -- among them Duke, Kentucky, Kansas, Gonzaga, North Carolina, Texas, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Iowa State and Tennessee. But multiple sources have told CBSSports.com that Virginia should be considered the leader.

Paul Tudor Jones is a billionaire from Memphis who graduated from Virginia and has a relationship with Nichols' former AAU coach, Ernie Kuyper. That's the connection here. And multiple people close with Nichols have suggested Nichols' preference, at this moment, is to transfer into Tony Bennett's ACC program.

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