Amauri Hardy's future plans took an unexpected turn last month.
Two weeks after Oklahoma State basketball coach Brad Underwood resigned and accepted the Illinois job, Hardy rescinded his verbal commitment to the Cowboys and was thrust back onto the recruiting trail.
A 6-foot-2, 190-pound senior point guard from North Farmington, Hardy waited to receive contact from new Oklahoma State coach Mike Boynton, a former Cowboys assistant who was promoted March 24.
"I had been trying to reach him for a long time," Hardy, a Mr. Basketball finalist, said on Wednesday. "Eventually, I was like, 'I'm going to decommit for my own sake and see what options I have.