LAS VEGAS -- The label "NCAA Champion" will follow Daniel Ochefu around like the pleasant embrace of the warm sun for the rest of his life. Seeing as the former Villanova standout cut down the nets as college basketball winners do, lapping up all the praise and attaboy's to the point of losing focus on the next step seems plausible.
That it didn't to Ochefu could be why the Washington Wizards took a shine to the thinking man's center this summer. That and his 6-11 size, rebounding and defense, of course.
An All-Big East Honorable Mention selection last season, the Baltimore native agreed to join the Wizards for the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League in July.