Dwaun Anderson, who was named the 2011 Mr. Michigan Basketball winner, will move from Michigan State to Wagner as a non-scholarship student in January before going on scholarship next year.

“First, Dwaun is a high-character kid and a good person,” Matt Pauls, of ECE/NJABC basketball, told SILive.com. “He is someone who felt he needed a smaller setting than Michigan State, and he really was comfortable with Dan and Bobby Hurley.”

Paul added: “He’s the biggest 6-4 player I’ve ever been around. Dwaun has a 40-inch vertical leap, and is a streaky long-range shooter who has a huge upside.”

Anderson withdrew from Michigan State following the death of his mother.

“I’ve been in counseling (since the death of my mother),” Anderson said in a statement when he left Michigan State. “I realized I need to get some other things together before I moved on with basketball.”

Jordan Hare has verbally committed to Rhode Island.

"It wasn't a case of wanting to make a decision so I wouldn't have to worry about it during the season," Hare said. "Everything just felt comfortable when I went to Rhode Island.

"I liked the coaches, the system, the school. I had no problem seeing myself playing there."

Hare also had offers from Michigan and Michigan State, along with several other schools.

Some of the comfort level comes from Rhode Island assistant coach Preston Murphy, a Saginaw native who played for Nouvel Catholic Central and Rhode Island.

"Rhode Island has been kind of recruiting me since ninth grade, so there was that familiarity," Hare said. "Plus Coach Murphy is from Saginaw, so that made it even more comfortable."

Hare averaged 19 points, 9 rebounds and 4 blocks per game during his junior season.

Hare said Rhode Island coach Jim Baron did not tell him what position to focus on during his senior season.

"His system is that they find the best place for your skills, instead of trying to change your skills to fit into a position," Hare said. "They'll work with me and play me where I can best help the team.

"I love their system. Defensively, they pressure on every possession and they run. It's a lot like how we play in Saginaw."

Barack Obama will attend November's Carrier Classic basketball game between North Carolina and Michigan State on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson.

The game will played on Nov. 11 and seating will be setup for 7,000 spectators.

Obama is expected to lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery in honor of Veterans Day and then travel to San Diego for the first college hoops game on an active flat top.

“He looks forward to a great game," the White House said in a released statement.

The Carl Vinson was the carrier that conducted the burial at sea of Osama bin Laden.

Purdue head coach Matt Painter was in attendance on Friday to see Gary Harris score two touchdowns for Hamilton Southeastern.

Harris scored on a 28-yard reverse and then caught a 29-yard touchdown pass.

Harris, one of the top-20 basketball prospects nationally in the Class of 2012, made his official visit to Purdue last weekend. He will visit Indiana next weekend, followed by Kentucky (Oct. 22) and Michigan State (Nov. 5) before making a decision.

James Worthy has replaced Michael Jordan as North Carolina's honorary captain for the Carrier Classic against Michigan State.

Roy Williams said Jordan has a personal commitment he can't get out of. The coach said he called Worthy on Friday to ask him to step in for the game on Veterans Day.

"It's really important to us, really important to our players to have someone like Michael, and now James, that all of our players look up to so much," Williams said in a phone interview. "His jersey is in the front row of the rafters, he was a national player of the year, won a national championship and was the No. 1 draft pick in the NBA."

The Los Angeles Athletic Club has announced its Preseason Top 50 list today on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year’s individual performance and team records, are the early frontrunners for college basketball’s most prestigious honor.

Nineteen of the 50 players named were from two conferences, the Big East (10) and Big Ten (9). The SEC had seven players chosen, followed by the ACC, Big 12, and Pac-12 each with four; and the Atlantic 10, Big West and Conference USA with two each. Conferences with one players named include the Horizon League, Ivy League, MAAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West and WCC.

For the first time, a school had four players listed as North Carolina had Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller selected.