Patrick Beverly is headed overseas.

The former Arkansas guard, who was slated to be the lone returning starter for John Pelphrey this year, told FOXSports.com that he's signed with BDA Sports and will play professionally for a year before entering his name in next year's NBA Draft.

Beverly was terrific last month at the LeBron James Skills Academy in a setting with many of the other top college players. Sources told FOXSports.com that he was suspended for this season due to academics.

However, Beverly said that wasn't the case.

``It had nothing to do with academics," Beverly said. "I violated NCAA rules and what happened went over the coaches' heads. A lot of people thought it was because of grades, but I go to class every day."

``I'm going overseas for a year and hopefully I'll be able to come back and get picked in the draft," Beverly said. ``This was hard because I was working out with the team every day and getting ready for the season."

Now expect Arkansas to take a hit this season despite the fact that Pelphrey and his staff are bringing in plenty of talent. They'll be extremely inexperienced having lost six of their top seven scorers from a year ago.

NEW ENGLAND ELITE 75 NOTES

Here are some notes from the New England Elite 75 event run by Adam Finkelstein:

Maine native Thomas Knight came to the event last season with complete anonymity and now the 6-foot-8 senior power forward has offers from Notre Dame, Seton Hall and Davidson. Knight plays as hard as anyone in the gym and knows his role - score in the post, rebound and defend.

Kyle Casey, a senior wing out of Brimmer & May, played well before suffering a minor knee injury. Casey has a list that includes Stanford, Davidson, Harvard, Rhode Island and Penn.

Talk about a kid whose stock has risen in the last month or two. Jordan Williams, a 6-foot-8 power forward/center from Torrington High (Conn.), has offers from Villanova, Marquette, Maryland, Georgetown, Providence, Pittsburgh and Penn State. Wake Forest is also in the mix.

I got my first look at Andre Drummond, a 6-foot-9, 230-pound rising sophomore who attends Capitol Prep in Hartford, Conn. Drummond just turned 15 this past weekend and is a terrific prospect with a college-ready body and impressive skills. Drummond said he's already received a scholarship offer from Fordham.

Jim Baron's son, Billy, did a nice job running the point. People have to understand that he and his brother, Jimmy, are completely different players. Billy Baron told me he will spent a year in the prep ranks (as his brother did) and be in the Class of 2010.

Gerard Coleman didn't play due to a toe injury that kept him out at the very end of July. Coleman, who is in the Class of 2010 and is a big-time scorer from the wing spot, said he has offers from UConn, Louisville, Marquette, Providence and BC. Coleman will team with Alex Oriakhi and Jamal Coombs at Tilton this coming season.

Erik Murphy's younger brother, Alex, will be a freshman at St. Mark's this season. Alex is already nearing 6-foot-8 and has terrific perimeter skills. He said he loves Florida and would welcome the opportunity to play with his older brother in college (although we'll see if he's still saying that after a year in high school). Also, look out for the youngest Murphy, Thomas, who just might be the best of the bunch down the line!

I got a glimpse of Carson Desrosiers, the 6-foot-10 junior from Central Catholic, in Las Vegas and saw him again yesterday. He's gone from an offer from UNH to offers from Syracuse, Providence, Oregon State and UMass in the last couple weeks and it's easy to see why. Desrosiers has tremendous potential, runs the court well and can step out and make shots from mid-range.

ANTEATERS FIGHTING FOR PLAYING TIME

I'm not sure there's a team other than maybe Cal State Fullerton who lost as much in the Big West as UC Irvine.

Patrick Sanders was a first-team all-conference guy who led the team in scoring (15.1) and also grabbed nearly five boards per game. Darren Fells was a second-team all-conference center who averaged 14.4 points and 7.2 rebounds.

However, Anteaters coach Pat Douglass feels as though he'll have more depth this season. He just needs to figure out who the go-to guy will be.

``We don't have an established one," Douglass said.

Junior Michael Hunter started the season at the point, but sophomore floor leader Patrick Rembert finished the season as the starter. Senior big man Kevin Bland started 20 games a year ago and should be solid up front.

Don't be surprised if the six-man class of newcomers - as well as redshirt freshman guard Derrick Strings - makes an immediate impact.

Junior wing Derrick Moore averaged 17.8 points last season at Citrus College and could provide offense.

Douglass admitted that he doesn't have a single player's name in ink for the starting lineup.

``Kevin Bland is in pencil and that's about it," he said.

RANDOM NOTES: Sources indicate that New Mexico State will not hire Clyde Vaughan after all. Vaughan was arrested a few years ago for solicitation and was forced to resign at UConn. ... Xavier guard Adrion Graves will transfer. Graves, who has two years left, averaged 1.9 points in 8.1 minutes this past season. ... Congrats to Andrew Amigo, who got the head gig at Rivers.