Still no word on a Big East-SEC basketball challenge, other than reports that they are still talking.

The Trib. catches up and notes Krauser’s solid performance at Portsmouth.

Now, the former Pitt guard is hoping for another shot at attending the prestigious NBA Pre-Draft Camp in June.

Judging from the way he played at Portsmouth, he’ll likely be invited.

“It’s just about being solid,” said Krauser, the No. 9 all-time scorer at Pitt.
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NBA scouting director Marty Blake was impressed with Krauser’s effort, saying he “does what we want in a point guard.”

Now, maybe it’s nothing. Perhaps it’s just oversight, but the other day Andy Katz blogs (Insider Subs.) a list of early entrants and likely early entrants for the NBA draft.

The deadline to declare is April 29. Unlike football, players can declare and return to college as long as they don’t sign with an agent. And for the umpteenth time, players must pay their expenses in advance for all NBA workouts except the Orlando predraft camp in June. There are no exceptions. We can’t stress this enough, yet every season at least one player doesn’t abide by the rules and has to sit out multiple games when he returns to school.

With Texas’ LaMarcus Aldridge the latest to decide he’s going (no surprise), here’s the list of significant names who have declared so far:

• Will Blalock, Iowa State
• Josh Boone, UConn
• Guillermo Diaz, Miami (signing with agent)
• Nick Fazekas, Nevada
• Thomas Gardner, Missouri
• Brandon Heath, San Diego State
• Paul Millsap, Louisiana Tech
• Danilo Pinnock, George Washington
• Richard Roby, Colorado
• Rajon Rondo, Kentucky (signing with agent)
• Marcus Slaughter, San Diego State (signing with agent)
• Curtis Stinson, Iowa State

Decisions coming soon from:

• Ronnie Brewer, Arkansas
• Glen Davis, LSU
• Quincy Douby, Rutgers
• Rudy Gay, UConn
• Josh McRoberts, Duke
• Adam Morrison, Gonzaga
• Patrick O’Bryant, Bradley
• Leon Powe, Cal
• Brandon Rush, Kansas
• Mustafa Shakur, Arizona
• Tyrus Thomas, LSU
• P.J. Tucker, Texas
• Darius Washington Jr., Memphis
• Marcus Williams, UConn
• Marcus Williams, Arizona
• Shawne Williams, Memphis

Don’t be surprised to see most of these names declare for the simple purpose of getting the free trip to Orlando. But expect Gay, UConn’s Marcus Williams, Morrison and Thomas to stay in the draft if they declare. They’re all too highly regarded to flirt with the process.

Aaron Gray doesn’t even merit a mention.

Now maybe Gray will open a lot of eyes at the camp, and rocket up the board. But right now, he is not a significant name in the list of underclassmen.