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UPDATE: On Monday, one report indicated that Alex Len had become Cleveland's likely choice for the No. 1 pick in next week's draft. Is that still the case?

On Tuesday, Joe Kotoch of SheridanSports.com backed up what Jimmy Smith of The Times-Picayune a day earlier, writing: "According to sources, the Cleveland Cavaliers -- if the draft were held today -- would select Alex Len with the top pick. The Cavs believe he is the best fit longterm alongside Kyrie Irving."

If Len goes No. 1, the question then becomes how far might Nerlens Noel fall? It may take a team trading up to Orlando's pick at No. 2 in order for Noel not to fall, at a minimum, to Charlotte's pick at No. 4.

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Are you ready for a lot of stats? Hope so, because we're about to throw a bunch at you, but before we do here's the bottom line: None of this looks good or bodes well for San Antonio and its chances of winning Game 7 in Miami. But then again, this is a Spurs' team with a core that has four championships under its belt, and counting out Tony Parker, Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Gregg Popovich before Game 7 is even played is not advisable.

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Portland could be considering local product E.J. Singler, a very underrated glue-like force on the Oregon Ducks the past four seasons, for one of their three second round picks (No. 39, 40 and 45) in next week's draft.

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Since falling to Alabama in the National Championship Game at the end of the 2009 season, Texas has gone just 22-16. That's not an awful record, but it doesn't live up to the standards that Longhorn fans have grown accustomed to.

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We have written frequently regarding Oregon coach Dana Altman's philosophy towards transfers and how ex-Houston wing Joseph Young is reportedly considering Eugene for his final two college seasons. However, while the Ducks may have lost several players from a year ago, we have to wonder what affect these late-spring additions will have on Oregon's scholarship numbers.

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LeBron James wasn't perfect in the final minutes of regulation in Game 6, but the way he changed his approach -- attacking and penetrating the lane -- in the final quarter and in overtime sure paid off. The statistics are eye-opening.

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Arkansas is less than two years removed from an extremely impressive 11-2 season. But the Razorbacks fell on hard times in 2012, dropping to 4-8. The end result was the hiring of Bret Bielema, who could have his work cut out for him in the backfield early on.

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Oklahoma City is a team that has been linked in recent weeks to two players for the upcoming draft: Lehigh combo guard C.J. McCollum and Pitt center Steven Adams. However, a new report suggests that the Thunder could be targeting Georgia swingman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who'll instantly become one of the best names in the NBA, with the No. 12 pick of the draft.

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If the top 10 picks in next week's NBA draft go anything like Chad Ford's latest mock draft suggests it might, it'd be hard to overlook Anthony Bennett as one of the big favorites to win the Rookie of the Year award next season. Let us explain.

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Ole Miss is generating some buzz heading towards the start of the 2013 season. The Rebels showed signs of improvement in their first year under head coach Hugh Freeze, then went out and locked up the nation's top recruit in defensive end Robert Nkemdiche. A solid 2014 class is coming into focus as well, and the program as a whole just missed cracking ESPN's list of the Top 25 college football schools to keep an eye on over the next three years.

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Brandone Francis (Jacksonville, Fla./Arlington Country Day School) is ranked as ESPN's No. 34 recruit in the class of 2014, with the reputation of being a strong, athletic shooting guard with good size (6-foot-5, 205 pounds) who can do a little bit of everything on the court.

And according to an update today, there's a good chance Francis could be taking his talents to one of two schools: Florida or Louisville.

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USC entered the 2012 campaign as the nation's No. 1 team in the eyes of many. But the wheels came off in a hurry for the Trojans, leaving them with a loss in the third week, a stretch of five losses in their final six games and, ultimately, a mediocre 7-6 record.

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Other than Iowa State, perhaps no school has been more active when it comes to adding transfers than that of Oregon. It may not be a coincidence, then, that it was Dana Altman's Ducks that landed JUCO forward Richard Amardi, a 6-foot-9, 220-pound senior forward who was let out of his letter-of-intent by the Cyclones last week.

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Telling the NFL Network that there is "no doubt," Bruce Arians confirmed today that there is a clear No. 1 running back for the upcoming season in Arizona, and his name is Rashard Mendenhall.

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