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BYU junior James Anderson will not return to the program next season, he announced Wednesday night at the team's awards banquet. The Cougars lose the 6-foot-10 post presence after Anderson, who is expected to graduate in the summer, decided to pur...

DENVER -- BYU fans were chanting long after the team had left the court at the Pepsi Center. Their cries could be heard inside the Cougars locker room, where a player asked Jimmer Fredette if he could understand the chants. "3:16?" he asked Fredet...

The numbers weren't pretty for BYU. The top-seed hopeful played at home against New Mexico in its first game without forward Brandon Davies and got spanked. Jimmer Fredette scored 33, starting center James Anderson lasted 11 minutes, and the Couga...

PROVO, Utah -- With the game in hand in the final minute, the crowd in the Marriott Center chanted in unison, "You got Jimmered!" Jimmer Fredette promptly buried a floater in the lane before checking out - an appropriate exit for a player who scor...

PROVO, Utah -- A few quick thoughts after BYU pulled away from San Diego State for a 71-58 win to take first place in the Mountain West. Jimmer Fredette lived up to the hype. Considering the build-up to this game, it wasn't easy to do, but he did...

The top draft picks aren't necessarily the ones who will have the greatest impact next season. Rookie Watch author David Thorpe takes us through the 10 most NBA-ready players in this year's draft.

Blog | Conversation | June 09, 2010

Chad Ford lists five lessons he learned from observing workouts in Las Vegas, the second stop on his pre-draft tour, and rearranges his Big Board a bit as a result. Among those who impressed: Avery Bradley, Lance Stephenson and James Anderson.

Blog | Conversation | May 13, 2010

It's decision time for underclassmen and Fran Fraschilla examines five prospects who need to strike while the iron is hot and leave school this spring. Two guys, Patrick Patterson and James Anderson, have already taken that advice.

Blog | Conversation | April 08, 2010

Jon Scheyer of Duke and Da'Sean Butler of West Virginia are among 10 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award as men's college basketball player of the year.

Big 12 Player of the Year James Anderson has decided to skip his senior season at Oklahoma State and enter his name in the NBA draft.

Attention turns to Oklahoma State's big men

There have been plenty of gripes about this year's bracket, and with good reason. I'll get to those in a little bit. For now, here's a quick list of things to love about this NCAA tournament field -- besides, of course, the fact that it's an NCAA tou...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A few quick hitters before the quarterfinals Thursday: Texas Tech vs. Kansas, 12:30 p.m. (ET): The Red Raiders had lost seven in a row before beating Colorado in the first round. Colorado had just put 101 points on the Red Raid...

Oklahoma St.-Kansas St. Preview

David Thorpe examines 10 prospects who will be looking to make a big impression during their conference tournaments, including a pair of SEC big men. With NBA teams showing bias toward late-season performances, there's a lot on the line.

Blog | Conversation | March 10, 2010

As of yet, Jim Calhoun has given little public reason for anyone to think he's retiring at the end of this season. (Whether he should retire is a different story; now seems like as good a time as ever. But that's going to be Calhoun's decision to mak...