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There's a lot of Michigan in Mississippi's best Class of 2014 basketball prospect. Of course, there's a good reason for that. "I lived in Michigan my whole life," said Devin Booker (Moss Point, Miss./Moss Point), a 6-foot-4 shooting guard who is r...

LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Here are some observations from the second day of the EA Sports Maui Invitational. After dominating Mississippi State on Monday, the North Carolina Tar Heels got a rude wake-up call versus Butler on Tuesday. On Monday evening I...

Tournament bracket for the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational When and where: Nov. 19-21 at Lahaina Civic Center in Maui, Hawaii Initial thoughts: This year marks the 30th anniversary of what many consider the greatest upset in college basketball hist...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Mississippi State was featured in two headlines on ESPN.com's college basketball page as of Thursday morning. Neither was good for the upcoming season, especially for new head coach Rick Ray who is starting from scratch af...

MIAMI -- Apparently, the Miami Heat will wait until free agency starts this weekend to make any significant upgrades to their championship roster. The Heat technically used the No. 27 pick in Thursday's NBA draft to select Mississippi State big ma...

In this morning's top 10 draft questions, I spent all of my allotted queries discussing first-round intrigue. That's kind of the way the NBA draft works. The first round carries risk and reward; the second round can feel more like an afterthought. ...

It's Coaches Week on ESPN.com and today we're going conference by conference to rank the best and worst coaching jobs, as voted on by 14 of our writers and television analysts. A few important notes: This is not an attempt to rank the programs or ...

With my colleague Ryan Feldman, an ESPN Stats & Info college hoops researcher and co-founder of "The Hoops Report," I've pinpointed five point guards the Knicks could pick at No. 48 (for offense and defense). 1. Dee Bost (Mississippi State) -...

It was a while ago now, so you might have forgotten, but allow me to take you back to May 2011 2010, when the NCAA's new NBA draft decision deadline (which came even earlier on the calendar this spring) forced players to make their life-altering deci...

Chad Ford gets feedback from NBA GMs on his most recent mock draft, and many feel he has Dion Waiters and Arnett Moultrie too low. Tony Wroten and Royce White, meanwhile, could end up sliding down draft boards.

Blog | Conversation | April 17, 2012

We're still waiting on multiple standout underclassmen to make final calls on their pro futures. Some appear to be ready to go. And others are on the fence. Let's take a look at the decisions that have been made and the ones still to come.

1.Baylor coach Scott Drew said an NBA draft early-entry decision from Perry Jones III and Quincy Miller will come at some point this week after he sits down and meets with the families. If both were to return then the Bears would be one of the favor...

Mississippi State forward Renardo Sidney has signed with an agent and will declare for the NBA draft.

ESPN Insider Jay Bilas ranks his top 10 big men in college basketball, taking into consideration current production and future potential. Bilas writes that Jared Sullinger is the best college big man in the game, but he doesn't top the list.

Blog | Conversation | January 26, 2012

DALLAS -- Forget the national-player-of-the-year candidate. And don't be overly concerned with the freshman who's projected as an NBA lottery pick, or the veteran senior who scores half of his baskets on dunks. Perry Jones III, Quincy Miller an...

The top three candidates for the No. 1 pick are all off to slow starts and their stock is falling. But while Anthony Davis remains No. 1 on most scouts' boards, Harrison Barnes could be dropping soon.

Blog | Conversation | December 13, 2011