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    • Articles, Kentucky, NBA Draft

    NEWARK — Minutes after huddling in the Green Room with Kentucky coach John Calipari, Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist made history by going 1-2 in the NBA Draft.

    Davis went No. 1 to the New Orleans Hornets and Kidd-Gilchrist No. 2 to the Charlotte Bobcats.

    It is the first time in NBA history that two teammates were chosen as the first two picks in the draft and the fourth time Kentucky has had a pair of teammates drafted in the Top 10 in the same year.

    “It’s crazy,” said the 6-foot-10 Davis, the consensus National Player of the Year. “Michael’s a great player. We have two down, four more to go. Hopefully all of them will go in the first round.”

    Later, Kentucky’s Terrence Jones went at No. 18 to the Houston Rockets and Marquis Teague was selected at No. 29 by the Chicago Bulls. In the second round, Doron Lamb was picked by the Milwaukee Bucks at No. 42 and Darius Miller by the Hornets at 46, meaning he and Davis will reunite in the Big Easy.

    Articles, Big East

    The Big East  has announced the league opponents and game sites for its men’s basketball teams for the 2012-13 season.

    The conference schedule – which comprises 135 regular-season games – will once again yield some of the most-anticipated contests nationally in 2012-13. Nearly 80 percent of the regular-season league games (107 of 135) will include at least one team that reached the NCAA Championship last season. Thirty-seven games (27 percent) will be between two NCAA tournament teams from 2012.

    Additionally, each of the 15 Big East teams will play either nine or 10 of its 18 league games against NCAA tournament teams. Each team will face 10 opponents once and four opponents twice.  All 135 regular-season conference games will again be televised, either by the ESPN family of networks or CBS Sports.

    Articles, Kentucky, NBA Draft

    NEW YORK — Anthony Davis says he’s never considered shaving his ubiquitous unibrow.

    He never even thought it was a noteworthy feature until he got to college last season.

    “No, I didn’t even think about that going to Kentucky,” the 6-foot-10 Davis told reporters Wednesday, a little more than 24 hours before he’s expected to be taken as the No. 1 overall pick of the New Orleans Hornets in Thursday’s NBA Draft.

    Once he got to campus and eventually helped Kentucky win the national championship, the unibrow took on its own identity.

    St. John's

    These are busy times for St. John’s coach Steve Lavin.

    On Thursday, his former player, Moe Harkless, will likely be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft at The Prudential Center in Newark.

    “Looking forward to hearing @moe_harkless name called by NBA’s David Stern [Thursday] night,” Lavin Tweeted Wednesday before he left California for New York.

    As reported by SNY.tv this week, Harkless finished up his workouts this week with a pair of tryouts in Golden State on Sunday and Sacramento on Monday.

    Articles, NBA Draft

    NEW YORK — Anthony Davis is the only NBA Draft prospect who knows where he’s headed on Thursday night.

    And even the former Kentucky star admitted he has a shred of doubt about being the No. 1 overall pick.

    “There’s a lot of guys that’s nervous,” the 6-foot-10 Davis told a slew of reporters Wednesday at the Westin Hotel. “I’m nervous. I don’t know. New Orleans might do something else, I don’t know. I have no idea. All of us are nervous, just to hear  your name be called. This is what we’ve been waiting on all our life.”

    Not likely, Anthony, unless you get captured by Martians in the next 24 hours.

    But after Davis, it’s anybody’s guess who will go where or even what teams will pick where.

    Articles, NBA Draft, UConn

    NEW YORK — It seems that everyone, including his own teammates, has concerns about Andre Drummond’s work ethic.

    But there was the 7-foot former UConn standout on Wednesday, telling the assembled media at the Westin Hotel that he isn’t concerned about it and is ready to prove everyone wrong once he gets drafted on Thursday night.

    “Whatever team I go to, all that talk is going to be put to rest, because I am a hard worker,” Drummond said. “There’s nothing wrong with my motor.”

    Drummond’s former UConn teammate, Jeremy Lamb, was not at the media session, although he has been invited, along with Drummond, to the Green Room Thursday at The Prudential Center. Lamb, who is battling an ankle sprain, is not yet in New York because he was meeting with a team on Wednesday, a source close to Lamb told SNY.tv.

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