http://www.yardbarker.com/content/player/37061 Recent articles about Michael Beasley en-us The Denver Nuggets have the 20th selection in the 2008 NBA Draft and are leaning towards several candidates. How many people reading this thought they have a chance of landing Michael Beasley, Derrick Rose, or O.J. Mayo? www.rawsportsblog.com Sun, 11 May 2008 11:15:35 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265705 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/265705 Recruiting and signing the Michael Beasleys and O.J. Mayos of the world can be great for a program but this positive also has a negative. The NCAA has recently revealed it's APR (Academic Progress Rates) sanctions. USC basketball has lost 2 scholarships and Kansas State basketball lost 1 scholarship. When these top athletes leave for the NBA (one and dones), they have only went to school for 1 semester and are busy doing workouts for pro teams. These workouts result in them mising class. Why would these players care anyways? They are getting selected in the draft and getting millions of dollars from it. The colleges on the other hand are paying for it dearly. Lacking a greater number of scholarships means losing out on a chance to maximize a coach's ability to get a top recruit. Michael Beasley and O.J. Mayo have left their marks on Kansas State and Southern Cal. The one and done idea is a stupid idea and I hope David Stern does not increase the number of years. The NBA should copy the MLB in the way they handle the amateur draft. The MLB allows players to enter the draft after high school but if they go to college they have to stay in school till at least their junior year. This may not be the ideal that Stern is looking for but it is certainly better than what he has set up. The NBA is using college basketball as a free minor league system but the colleges suffer from it. This is taking away the student aspect from the idea of the student-athlete. Players have different reasons for leaving for the draft. For some, it is financial and others are legitimate superstars (Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, etc.) who are ready for the NBA and do not need the college game to develop. Wed, 07 May 2008 20:10:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/264543 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/264543 A Duke Blue Devil, one of the best perimeter defenders in the country, a slasher, and a threat in the passing lanes. Who is it? Here's a hint, it's not Greg Paulus. The player is Demarcus Nelson. www.rawsportsblog.com Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:15:23 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/260201 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/260201 For the last four seasons, the Wisconsin Badgers have enjoyed the play of the best defender in school history, Michael Flowers. www.rawsportsblog.com Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:11:07 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/260195 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/260195 Derrick Rose becomes the latest super freshman to make the jump to the next level and while he dominated the college game, what kind of pro would he make. www.rawsportsblog.com Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:34:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/238946 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/238946 Michael Beasley ponders if he should go pro. His decision may surprise you. Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:32:12 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/238940 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/238940 Kansas State's All-American freshman announced Monday that he will skip his final three seasons to enter the June 26 NBA draft, where he could be the No. 1 overall pick. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:50:40 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/237182 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/237182 In one of the most shocking moves ever, uber-freshman Michael Beasley announced his decision to enter the NBA draft. The next mystery on deck is finding out if water is indeed really wet. Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:23:36 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/237127 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/237127 As if this comes as any surprise, Kansas St. freshman sensation Michael Beasley will forgo his final 3 years of college eligibility to join the NBA. He joins underclassmen Derrick Rose, Jerryd Bayless, OJ Mayo, and Chase Budinger to declare for the Draft thus far. Beasley, although widely expected to go pro, did make a conscious effort to re-join the Wildcats for one more season but in the end the possibility of being the #1 pick was too much to pass up. Let the debate begin: Beasley or Rose? Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:25:49 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/237124 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/237124 As Michael Beasley is calling a press conference Monday evening to presumably announce his jump to the next level that got me thinking what about next years class of top freshman and who we'll be watching come March. www.rawsportsblog.com Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:51:21 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/236790 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/236790 With the college basketball season all wrapped up and the Kansas Jayhawks victorious in the tournament, FIO staff writer Dan Rossi takes a look back at the season that was in college hoops. From impressive freshman like Michael Beasley and Derrick Rose, to the coaching achievements of Bobby Knight, to Tyler Hansbrough - this season had much to offer to the college basketball fanatics. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:21:55 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/235461 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/235461 Now that we know Eric Gordon is leaving the Indiana Hoosiers after only one season and we almost expect Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley to follow suit, where does that leave big men Tyler Hansbrough and Kevin Love. Will they both become stars or just starters at the next level? www.rawsportsblog.com Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:06:18 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/228750 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/228750 Have we seen the last of Cal phenom Ryan Anderson? Well, we may very well have but we know for a fact that we've seen the last of Ben Braun, DeVon Hardin, and Eric Vierneisel. Hardin and Verneisel graduated, and Braun was fired after 12 seasons. However, this season is a big question mark of what-ifs. The team almost beat ranked KSU and Michael Beasley in December, defeated OJ Mayo and NCAA Tourney bound USC, and pushed #1 UCLA to the brink of a circus shot to win. The talent to compete on the floor was there each night, but it was not directed in the proper manner, and that's why Braun is gone. Have we seen the end of Ryan Anderson as well....let's hope not. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:38:08 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/226122 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/226122 This is a season of firsts for the world of college basketball. The Final Four includes all four #1 seeds for the first time ever, and now today with the announcement of the AP's 1st Team All Americans another record has been broken. For the first time ever, ZERO seniors made the first team. Instead, the 1st team was headed by two unanimous picks in UNC's Tyler Hansbrough (junior) and KSU's Michael Beasley (freshman), and followed by Texas' DJ Augustin (sophomore), Memphis' Chris Douglas-Roberts (junior), and UCLA's Kevin Love (freshman). The preseason All-America team was comprised of Hansbrough, Georgetown's Roy Hibbert, Michigan State's Drew Neitzel, Tennessee's Chris Lofton, UCLA's Darren Collison. Hibbert was on the second team, while Lofton and Collison were part of the 3rd team. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:56:43 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/225600 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/225600 Freshman phenom Michael Beasley may have played his final game at Kansas St., so here's a collection of his greatest highlights from his one season in college basketball. Much like Kevin Durant last year, Beasley dominated games and put up video game numbers (26 ppg, 12 rebounds) but couldn't get his team past the second round. Will he be one and done? Sun, 30 Mar 2008 13:59:04 -0500 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/224335 http://www.yardbarker.com/author/article/224335