Big Blue Midnight Madness at Rupp Arena is always a big event, but this year's edition will receive visits from several of the top high school players in the country.

Shabazz Muhammad, DaJuan Coleman, Archie Goodwin, Alex Poythress, T.J. Warren, Willie Cauley, Chris Walker, Dakari Johnson and twins Aaron and Andrew Harrison will reportedly be in attendance. 

Those players are ranking No. 1 , 11, 13, 16, 22 and 28 in the class of 2012, and No. 4, 6 and 7 in the class of 2013 and No. 3 (Johnson) in the class of 2014.

Shabazz Muhammad is monitoring the NBA's collective bargaining agreement negotiations as it pertains to the age limit of players entering the draft.

There has been talk the owners may push for American born players to spend two seasons in college before entering the draft.

“If they pushed it to two years, it would be really disappointing for those guys who were in there for that one year and had a great year,” Muhammad told Yahoo! Sports. “Then they come back for that second year, have a bad year and their NBA draft stock drops. That’s a bad thing for them. I don’t think they should do that.

“They should let guys decide if they want to go or not. If a guy is ready, why go to college?”

Muhammad is the biggest prize of the Class of 2012 and is being recruited by Arizona, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Memphis, Texas, Texas A&M, USC, UCLA and UNLV.

John Calipari's history with getting players to the NBA will help Kentucky's chances.

“I don’t know who all I’m going to visit yet, but I’m going to be at UK’s Midnight Madness already – the rest I’m going to figure out,” Muhammad said. “I talk to John all the time about UK. Tyreke and I even talk to Derrick Rose all the time, too. I talk to them about Coach Cal and how he is. All these guys give me good information, and I’m just taking it all in like a sponge.

“You look at the guys of [Calipari’s] that have been drafted, [Nos.] 1, 2 and all over the board. Coach Cal is a great coach and he gets guys to where they want to be.”

Kuran Iverson, a top-25 prospect of the Class of 2013, has reduced his list of schools considered.

Syracuse, Kentucky, Louisville, Connecticut, Florida and Arizona are on his new list.

Brandon Ashley, one of the top-10 recruits for the 2012 NCAA class, has narrowed his list of college from seven to four.

Ashley is considering Kentucky, UCLA, Arizona and Oregon.

Ashley is a Bay Area native, but will attend Findlay Prep in Nevada for his senior season.

Derek Anderson, former NBA player with the Cavaliers and Blazers who went to Kentucky, has been implicated in a cocaine ring.

Francois Cunningham made a deal for early release in exchange for his testimony. In interviews with police, Cunningham tells them he was involved in drug buys, two to three kilos of cocaine at a time at $20,000 per kilo.

Louisville Metro Police Detective Denny Butler interviewed Cunningham about Anderson.

Butler: "Was Derek Anderson ever present when you all bought narcotics?" 

Cunningham: "Nah, he stays away from you know, he's just the money and he's not going to get around any of it but, that's who funnels the money."

Anderson has never been charged with a crime in this investigation. His name has only come up in statements Cunningham gave police.

After being forced to sit his freshman season at Kentucky, Enes Kanter may miss a good part of his rookie season in the NBA due to its current lockout.

"It's easy for me to say that I am the unluckiest guy ever. I couldn't play in college, and right now there is the lockout. The only thing I can do is just wait," said Kanter.

Kanter was denied eligibility at Kentucky by the NCAA because he played nine games during the 08-09 season with Fenerbahce Ulker.

"I haven't played in almost two years and it's hard within that time to go from not playing to being ready for games," Kanter said.

"Those two years of not playing hurt him a little bit and he's a little lost in space," said Nihat Izic, mentor of Kanter.

"Sure, you can practice, but without playing games in two years, that's not easy to take care of five or six things on the court at once," Izic continued.

Kentucky's John Calipari is heavily involved with four of the top six ESPNU 100 small forwards; Shabazz Muhammad (Las Vegas/Bishop Gorman), T.J. Warren (Durham, N.C./Brewster), Alex Poythress (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) and Devonta Pollard (DeKalb, Miss./Kemper Co.).

Muhammad is the top overall recruit in the 2012 class and Kentucky isn't considered a favorite.

Poythress and Pollard are more realistic options for Kentucky.

The Dominican Republic defeated a team of former Kentucky Wildcats at Rupp Arena by a final score of 106-88.

The eight former Kentucky players, including John Wall, Rajon Rondo and DeMarcus Cousins, treated the exhibition like an all-star game.

Form Louisville players Edgar Sosa and Francisco Garcia scored 29 and 30 points apiece.

John Calipari is the head coach of the Dominican Republic.

Perry Ellis has cut his list of college considerations down to four with Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky and Wichita State making the cut.

Ellis is a top-20 recruit in the 2012 class.

“These are the coaches he is most comfortable with,” Wichita Heights head coach Joe Auer said. “These are all schools that have taken the most time over the past four years to get to know Perry.”

The announcement eliminates Duke and Memphis.

Archie Goodwin has cut his list of school from 10 to eight.

“I cut Florida [and] Louisville, and Missouri is still in there, so you could say it’s eight,” Goodwin, who scored a game-high 23 points Sunday to help Team USA Midwest win the Nike Global Challenge, said Friday afternoon. “I basically just cut Florida and Louisville.”

Goodwin is now considering Arkansas, Baylor, Georgetown, Kentucky, Kansas, Memphis, Missouri and Connecticut.

Goodwin said he will not base his decision based on what others do.

“I’m not going to commit after anybody,” he said.

He added: “It just depends on if those guys are followers are not, or if they’re real cool with a guy who committed or if they play well with them, so it just depends on what goes on after that.”