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Josh Carter, right, and Texas A&M will renew their series with LSU as part of a Toyota Center doubleheader.

Top NBA Draft Prospects in the Big 12 Top NBA Draft Prospects in the Big 12 #11 Ibrahima Thomas , 6-11, Sophomore, PF/C, Oklahoma State Jonathan Givony Despite experiencing an up and down freshman season marred ...

Brandon Rush scored a career-high 28 points in front of his home town fans, sealing the deal with two free throws in the final seconds, and No.

Texas A&M plays No. 2-ranked UCLA on Saturday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

After blowing an 11-point first-half lead, Texas A&M needed someone to bail it out.

Texas A&Ms Josh Carter and Joseph Jones have been named to the All-District 9 Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Texas A&M Big Man Full of Potential. Font DeAndre Jordan is the kind of player that made you wish he played at a bigger school.

Texas A&M's Josh Carter has withdrawn his name from consideration for the 2008 NBA Draft and will return for his senior year.

On Thursday the NBA released the official early-entry candidate list. A whopping 90 underclassmen have declared for the draft -- 69 from U.S. colleges and 22 international early-entry candidates. via ESPN

Every year the list of early entrants for the NBA draft seems long on imaginative, misguided souls. via Topeka Capital-Journal

“If I go to the NBA, it will fulfill a life-long dream; if not, I get to come back and play for the university I love.”

By CHIP BROWN / The Dallas Morning News chipbrown@dallasnews.com Texas A&M junior guard Josh Carter of Lake Highlands is the latest underclassman from the Big 12 to submit his name for the 2008 NBA Draft. via WFAA-TV Dallas

Texas A&M junior small forward Josh Carter has followed teammate DeAndre Jordan by declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft, but like Jordan will not hire an agent. via Rivals.com

“Either way, he's backing me up.”

Freshman DeAndre Jordan is about the only guy I've interviewed at Texas A&M where my arm gets tired from stretching a recorder into the sky. via MySanAntonio.com

“Don't shoot that, no...hey! Nice play!”

The Aggieland Blogger Thoughts from a typically Aggie point of view. Remember, Highway 6 runs both ways. via Houston Chronicle

“I thought we were in total control, always one step ahead”

The Texas A&M Aggies tried numerous times in the second half to drive the ball inside and get easy baskets against the No. via The Battalion

“We just hide it a little better.”

Mark Turgeon, as has been his custom, plays the martyr. Josh Carter's jump shot, once gone and now returned, is the prodigal son. via MySanAntonio.com

“We expected them to come out playing hard and make a statement but we wanted to try to do that also”

Opening the NCAA tournament by playing Mississippi Valley State was exactly what UCLA needed Thursday. via Los Angeles Times

“Then it opens up things for everyone else”

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Even in his worst shooting slumps of the season, Josh Carter said he never lost confidence in his shot and wasn't afraid to let it fly.

But it sure makes a big difference for the rest of the Texas A&M Aggies when he actually starts making them.

Carter opened the NCAA Tournament by tying his career high with 26 points against BYU, but it's yet to be known whether he's turned a corner, which could be pivotal when the ninth-seeded Aggies face top-seeded UCLA at 8:15 tonight at the Honda Center. Read more

“My teammates kept telling me all week to just keep shooting and they would begin to fall.”

Texas A&M coach Mark Turgeon didn't blame his Brigham Young counterpart, Dave Rose, for his strategy against the Aggies. If Turgeon had been sitting on the other bench Thursday night, he would have done the same thing -- double-team A&M's big men down low and dare the Aggies' streaky shooters to beat the Cougars from the perimeter.

The Aggies, Josh Carter especially, accepted that dare and made BYU pay for it. A&M beat the bomb-happy Cougars at their own game, capturing a 67-62 victory in the first round of the NCAA men's basketball West Regional. Read more

Dominique Kirk's three-pointer with 27 seconds left Thursday clinched Texas A&M's 67-62 win over BYU in the NCAA Tournament's West Region. via ArcaMax Publishing