Beasley Goes No. 2: Miami Heat took college basketball’s most celebrated freshman in selecting Kansas State freshman forward Michael Beasley with the second pick of the NBA Draft. Beasley was a monster with the Wildcats, averaging 26.4 points and 12.4 rebounds per game. Beasley will team with Dwyane Wade and […]

West Coast Feel to Nos. 3-5: The Pac-10 proved its elite talent did not go unnoticed as USC’s O.J. Mayo went No. 3 to Minnesota, Russell Westbrook went No. 4 to Seattle, and Kevin Love finished the trifecta when Memphis drafted him No. 5. The Bruins’ back-to-back picks guided UCLA […]

Kings Pick First Senior of Draft: The Sacramento Kings are hoping Rider’s Jason Thompson will follow in the footsteps of Western Carolina’s Kevin Martin, who led the Kings with 23.7 points per game last season. Thompson is the first senior to go in the NBA Draft. He averaged 20.4 points […]

Lopez Twins Part Ways: Stanford’s Brook and Robin Lopez will be the third set of active twins to play in the NBA next season. Brook Lopez will be playing for the New Jersey Nets, who picked Brook No. 10, while Phoenix picked Robin Lopez No. 15. Brook is the more […]

Syracuse Adds a Cyclone: Iowa State forward Wesley Johnson has decided to transfer to Syracuse. The rising junior picked the Orange after visiting the university, liking it so much that he opted to cancel visits to Ohio State, Pittsburgh and West Virginia. Johnson averaged 12.4 points per game last season […]

Duquesne Extends Everhart Through 2013-14: Happy with the program’s positive momentum, Duquesne officials have decided to extended coach Ron Everhart’s contract by three years through 2013-14. Everhart has made the Dukes competitive in only two seasons after the team finished 3-24 in former coach Danny Nee’s final season in 2005-06. […]

Delta Devils Give Woods First Head Coaching Job: Mississippi Valley State has hired Sean Woods to be the Delta Devils’ coach. Woods most recently worked as an assistant coach at TCU. He worked two years at TCU as director of basketball operations and an assistant after starting his coaching career […]

Center on Blue Devils’ First Tourney Team Dies: Former Duke Blue Devil Junior Morgan, 74, died Saturday of prostate cancer. Morgan led the Blue Devils in 1954-55 with 9.1 rebounds per game, which helped guide Duke to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in team history. The Blue Devils lost the […]

Paladin Junior Transfers to D-II Team: Furman junior forward Stanley Jones will leave the Paladins to transfer to Francis Marion, a Division II school. Jones saw his playing time diminish during the past two seasons after starting 26 games in his freshman season. Jones averaged 6.4 points and 3.4 rebounds […]

Demon Deacons Will Start Without Skeen: Wake Forest sophomore forward Jamie Skeen will miss the first semester of his junior season because he violated an academic policy. Skeen averaged 5.6 points and 4.1 rebounds per game last season. On a young team that returns all its major pieces, Skeen needs […]