The final of the 2017 Pakistan Super League will be held in Lahore, according to PSL chairman Najam Sethi, who made the announcement during the player draft in Dubai on Wednesday. The remaining matches in the tournament will be played in the UAE in February and March 2017 as scheduled.ESPNcricinfo had reported in August that the PCB had asked the Punjab government to initiate a process to stage the match in Lahore, which will likely be played on March 9. The Punjab government has reportedly given the PCB permission to host the match and has alerted security agencies to take necessary measures.The second edition of the PSL, with five teams in the competition, will be more successful and the final will be held in Lahore, Sethi, who is also the head of the PCB executive committee, said. International players know what we can do; most of them are ready to come to Pakistan and play. We have signed players with a condition that if their team reaches the final, they will have to go to Lahore and they have all agreed.It will be a fly-in, fly-out plan and the government has promised to give full security to the players. We are convinced that the final will happen in Lahore.On Wednesday, 414 players were placed in the draft for the second edition. The five franchises signed on 17 new players between them, including former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and Englands limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan. McCullum went to Lahore Qalandar, while Morgan was signed by Peshawar Zalmi.Earlier this year, the PCB bought four bulletproof buses as part of its effort to provide the best possible arrangements in terms of security for players visiting the country. The PCB relies heavily on the government for security arrangements for visiting teams and the bulletproof buses, first proposed during the chairmanship of Zaka Ashraf in 2012 and sanctioned last year, were bought as an additional safety measure for teams travelling within the city.Pakistan has been untenable as an international venue ever since terrorists attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009. Zimbabwe became the first Full-Member nation to visit Pakistan since that incident, but the ICC refused to send its match officials for the series in May 2015.Pakistan then appointed their own match officials, and hoped the Zimbabwe series would serve as a stepping stone to revive international cricket in the country. That ambition, however, suffered a setback when a suicide attack took place near the Gaddafi Stadium during the second ODI. 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I think our guys are aware of that.The Catamounts beat Eastern Michigan on Saturday without junior forward Payton Henson, who is sidelined with a lower-body injury. Henson, who averages a team-high 13 points per game, will miss the Butler game, too, Vermont coach John Becker said.Anthony Lamb, a 6-6 freshman forward, scored a career-high 25 points in Hensons absence. Lamb is second on the team with an 11.4 scoring average, followed by Ernie Duncan at 10.3 per game. Duncan is from Evansville, Indiana, and is one of four players from Indiana on the roster.So its a game their families can see, said Becker, whose team played at Purdue last season.Vermont returns the majority of its production from last seasons team.Were a more experienced team, Becker said. Here at Vermont, weve had eight consecutive 20-win seasons and eight consecutive postseason tournaments. Were picked to win the league again. We play a very, very competitive schedule. We lost at Providence. 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I got to see Martin play (in AAU) a lot when we saw Ernie Duncan.Martin was named the Big East Player of the Week after scoring 28 points against Indiana.Kamar Baldwin, a 6-foot guard, was named Big East Freshman of the Week after scoring 14 points against the Hoosiers.Hes got a high basketball IQ and that helps him, Holtmann said of Baldwin. He wants to be good. Hes kind of a natural scorer. What weve seen is hes had some terrific moments and hes had some moments where he looks like a freshman. Ive had to say, He is a freshman. Hes not a junior. Hell continue to have those moments.Guard play has been solid for the Bulldogs in recent games.A lot of people have asked how we moved on after losing (departed seniors) Roosevelt Jones and Kellen Dunham, Holtmann said. Those guys have done a good job handling it by committee. Weve had different guys step up. ' ' '