Aaron Scales, a 6-foot-9, 250-pound power forward prospect from the American Basketball Institute in Charlotte, N.C., announced he has de-committed from Missouri.

His coach, John Jordan, who made the announcement in an email to several media members, cited the uncertain outcome of the NCAA investigation into allegations of impropriety by Frank Haith while at Miami as the reason for Scales to change his mind.

“Actually, he’s been thinking about it for the last few weeks. It’s just a tough situation,” Jordan said in a phone interview Monday morning. “He really likes Coach Haith. He’d love to play for him, but with these allegations pending, it’s a situation where we just can’t gamble on this kind of situation.”

Trey Burke has been rapidly improving and the freshman may end up starting at point guard for Michigan.

The other choice at the position is senior Stu Douglass.

Darius Morris was Michigan's starter at point guard last season.

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.”

Braeden Anderson, a 6-foot-8 power forward from Alberta, Canada, who originally planned to play basketball at Kansas University, on Friday announced plans to attend Fresno State.

Anderson was deemed an NCAA partial qualifier at KU in September, but was not approved for aid by the Big 12 Conference, which made him ineligible for participation at KU. The Mountain West Conference, of which Fresno State is a member, accepts partial qualifiers and is allowed to provide aid. 

“I did not want to commit to two years at a junior college,” said Anderson, who would have needed a juco degree to qualify for a two-year career at KU. “Fresno is a really good fit for me. I really like the coaches there. I’m a West Coast kid at heart. I have a ton of family in California — a lot of cousins.”

Anderson is disappointed he will be unable to play for Kansas.

“My ultimate goal is the NBA. Before that, my ultimate goal was to make a high-major Div. I school. In my mind, I made it there,” Anderson said of attaining an offer at powerhouse KU. “Kansas is where I wanted to go. I would have picked Kansas over any school in the country. I love all the people there. My heart will always be in Kansas. I’ll always have a really soft spot for Lawrence and the people there.”

Anderson will live with relatives and train in California until reporting to Fresno State second semester.

North Carolina was one first-place vote away from being a unanimous preseason No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll.

The Tar Heels, the heavy favorite to win the 2012 national championship, received 30 of the coaches' 31 first-place votes and outranked No. 2 Kentucky by 53 points (774 to 721) in the poll, which was released Thursday.

Indiana has self-reported a secondary NCAA rules violation involving the recruitment of Gary Harris by Tom Crean, according to multiple sources.

In a statement released Tuesday, the school said, "Coach Crean immediately reported an inadvertent recruiting contact violation to our compliance office, and we are following our normal procedures."

Harris, a 6-foot-4 guard ranked the No. 10 prospect nationally by ESPNU, is considering the Hoosiers along with Kentucky, Purdue and Michigan State, among others.

Mo Creek is expected to miss the 11-12 season due to a torn Achilles, according to sources.

Creek, Indiana's junior guard, suffered a "freak injury that occurred away from the court" and that "Creek wasn't doing anything wrong," according to a source.

"This is a devastating blow for someone who has worked so hard to get himself in a position to help this program again," Indiana coach Tom Crean said in a statement. 

Perry Jones III made a somewhat surprising decision to return to Baylor for his sophomore season.

Jones III was suspended at the end of his freshman season for receiving improper benefits from his AAU Coach.

“Being suspended made me want to come back even more because I never got to play in the postseason, and that was something I wanted to experience,” Jones says. “I’m still here, and if things don’t go the way I want to this year, then I’ll come back another year.”