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NBA Draft Notes, May 28: Chris Wallace's Spanish Tea Leaves

* Memphis general manager Chris Wallace allegedly tells Spanish sports page Marca that the Grizzlies won't pass on Ricky Rubio, though there are matters to be worked out. The rumor out there has been that Wallace and the team's scouts love Rubio, but owner Michael Heisley is reluctant to take a risk on the young point...

Mid-Major Weekend Preview: MAAC-tacular

There's a very light slate of games around the country this evening and all of them are mid-majors, which should be a good thing for teams looking to gain some exposure. Sadly, few of the games feature anybody all that interesting but that's alright because then you've got no excuse to not watch Siena at Niagara at 9PM....

Eastern Round Up: On the Horizon

Butler is off to their best start since 2002-03 after beating Wisconsin-Green Bay 74-65 and the most impressive thing is how they've gotten there. No one is surprised that Butler's a good team but their versatility has been most unexpected. They've won without A.J. Graves shooting the lights out and when he's less than his...

Eastern Round Up: Southern Conference Rounding Into Form

Other than the A-10, which will try to pull their upsets in the SEC this weekend after doubling down on ACC beatings last night, the mid major conferences are into their conference seasons. None are deeper into league play than the Southern Conference which has teams with as many as five games under their belt. That makes...

Eastern Round Up: Live From the Ohio Valley

A light night among the mid majors was highlighted by a couple of Ohio Valley Conference matchups. Eastern Kentucky improved to 2-0 in conference when Darnell Dialls hit a three with 13 seconds left to knock off Easten Illinois 72-69. The now 0-3 Panthers had a chance to tie but Romain Martin's last-ditch effort was...