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Article: HOPING TO MAKE JUMP FROM DIVISION III TO NBA.(SPORTS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2001
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Byline: TOM ROBINSON
Horace Jenkins aces the vision test. Eye-balling his quickness and crossover dribble, you would never take Jenkins for the only Division III player in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament field.
Now, Jenkins' challenge is to convince an NBA team just to take him.
He's the Division III player of the year out of New Jersey's William Patterson University. ``The best D-III point guard I've ever seen,'' says 17-year Christopher Newport coach C.J. Woollum, whose latest season ended after Jenkins lit up the Captains for 35 points in the NCAA playoffs.
But is Jenkins NBA stock? That's the question over everybody at the ...