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Nebraska transfer Andrew White has narrowed his choices down to Syracuse and Virginia Commonwealth University.

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Syracuse, N.Y. — Andrew White is taking his decision down to the final days.

White, a 6-foot-7 graduate transfer from Nebraska, has narrowed his list of schools to Syracuse and Virginia Commonwealth. White had previously visited both Michigan State and Miami, but has since eliminated both schools.

Syracuse was the first school that White visited. The Orange remains in the hunt for White along with VCU, which is located in his hometown of Richmond, Va.

A decision is expected soon. VCU's fall semester begins on Thursday, while Syracuse's first day of classes is Monday.

White would have a major impact at either school. He averaged 16.6 points per game at Nebraska last season. He also made 41 percent of his 3-point attempts.

Syracuse lost three starters off a team that advanced to the 2016 NCAA Final Four. Gone are 6-7 point guard Michael Gbinije, shooting guard Trevor Cooney and 6-7 small forward Malachi Richardson. All three were perimeter players. They were also Syracuse's top three scorers and they also were the top three in terms of 3-pointers attempted.

White would help ease the pain of those departures.

Currently, White would be the only natural small forward on SU's roster. Tyus Battle, a 6-foot-6 freshman, is expected to see most of his time at the shooting guard position. Tyler Lydon's future is at small forward, but the 6-9 sophomore has not played the position before. He spent most of his time at power forward and center last season. Matthew Moyer, a 6-8 freshman, was a four in high school and will need time to develop his perimeter skills.

But VCU is a legitimate option for White, too.

First of all, if White picked VCU he would be able to spend his final year of college playing in front of family and friends. White played his first two years at Kansas before transferring to Nebraska where he sat out one year and then played last season. Going to VCU would be a nice homecoming.

VCU is also a very good program. The Rams went 25-11 last season and went to the NCAA tournament for the sixth straight year. VCU was bounced out of the tournament with a second-round loss to Oklahoma.

However, VCU hasn't made it past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament since its surprising Final Four run in 2011. Syracuse has been to the Final Four twice in the last four years and also had an Elite 8 appearance in 2012.

VCU lost two key starters off last year's team in 6-3 guard Melvin Johnson (17.4 points per game) and 6-3 guard Korey Billbury (11.2 ppg).

The Rams return starters Mo Alie-Cox, a 6-7, 250-pound forward/center; and 6-1 senior guard JeQuan Lewis.

Three other returning players were part-time starters last year. Justin Tillmon, a 6-7 forward, averaged 7.2 points off the bench. He did start four games, but his playing time increased late in the year. He made 60 percent of his field goal attempts.

If VCU coach Will Wade puts Alie-Cox at center, he could go small with Tillmon at power forward.

That would leave White battling with 6-5 freshman De'Riante Jenkins, 6-5 senior Jordan Burgess, 6-4 redshirt freshman Samir Doughty, and two other incoming freshmen in Marquell Fraser and Malik Crowfield for time at the shooting guard and small forward positions.

Burgess started 14 games last season, averaging 4.9 points per game. Jenkins is VCU's prized recruit and a likely starter.

Jenkins was the No. 36 recruit in the 2016 class, according to 247sports.com. He led Hargrave (Va.) Military Academy to a stunning 47-1 record last year.

Doughty, a highly-touted recruit from Philadelphia, sat out last year as a partial qualifier, but he's expected to vie for playing time in 2016-17.