Mississippi Valley State University suspended men's basketball head coach Chico Potts indefinitely on Friday, pending an investigation into his arrest earlier this month for domestic violence charges.

Assistant coach Marcus Thomas will serve as head coach while the university undertakes its investigation.

The Delta Devils are coming off of a 5-23 season, one season removed from their appearance in the First Four of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Western Kentucky. After that NCAA appearance, head coach Sean Woods left to take the head coaching job at Morehead State, resulting in the promotion of Potts, who had been with MVSU for four years as an assistant coach.

Potts will be suspended with pay while the school looks into his arrest and domestic violence charges. The move is wise for the school: It allows it to get all the facts before making a final decision, and it allows the team to have some measure of stability in the meantime with Thomas taking over head coaching duties for the duration of the investigation.

Given the circumstances, MVSU did what was best for the basketball team and for the school overall.

While the uncertainty will be another obstacle to overcome for a team looking to bounce back from a tough season, all is not lost for the Delta Devils. Potts had signed two players from top high school programs in neighboring Alabama earlier this year, James Currington and Artis Cleveland. They will look to contribute immediately, and their arrivals will provide some much needed good news. 

The MVSU Delta Devils may be down, but as their scrappy performance en route to the 2012 NCAA tournament showed, they can never be counted out.

2011 Mock Draft

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Updated: 5/11/10 8:40 pm

#	Team	Player	H	W	P	School	C

#	Team	Player	H	W	P	School	C
1	New Jersey	Harrison Barnes	6-8	209	SF	North Carolina	HSSr.
2	Minnesota	Enes Kanter	6-10	245	PF	Kentucky	HSSr.
3	Sacramento	Perry Jones	6-11	230	SF	Baylor	HSSr.
4	Golden St.	Kyrie Irving	6-2	172	PG	Duke	HSSr.
5	Washington	Jan Vesely	6-11	230	SF/PF	Czech Republic	Intl.
6	Philadelphia	Brandon Knight	6-3	185	PG	Kentucky	HSSr.
7	Detroit	Alec Burks	6-6	185	SG	Colorado	Fr.
8	LA Clippers	William Buford	6-5	190	SG	Ohio State	So.
9	New York	Jared Sullinger	6-9	262	PF	Ohio State	HSSr.
10	Indiana	Trey Thompkins	6-9	247	PF	Georgia	So.
11	New Orleans	John Henson	6-10	200	SF/PF	North Carolina	Fr.
12	Memphis	Kyle Singler	6-8	220	SF	Duke	Jr.
13	Toronto	Cory Joseph	6-3	180	PG	Texas	HSSr.
14	Houston	Travis Leslie	6-4	202	SG	Georgia	So.
15	Chicago	Greg Smith	6-10	250	PF/C	Fresno St.	Fr.
16	Charlotte	Derrick Williams	6-8	235	SF/PF	Arizona	Fr.
17	Phoenix	Jerome Harris	6-3	175	PG	Mississippi Valley St.	Fr.
18	Miami	Maalik Wayns	6-1	190	PG	Villanova	Fr.
19	Boston	Durand Scott	6-4	185	SG	Miami	Fr.
20	San Antonio	CJ Leslie	6-8	205	SF	NC State	HSSr.
21	Oklahoma Cty	Kevin Seraphin	6-10	255	PF	France	Intl.
22	Portland	Jimmer Fredette	6-2	195	PG/SG	BYU	Jr.
23	Utah	Kris Joseph	6-7	207	SF	Syracuse	So.
24	Atlanta	Jeffery Taylor	6-7	210	SF	Vanderbilt	So.
25	Denver	Elias Harris	6-8	225	SF	Gonzaga	Fr.
26	Phoenix	Corey Fisher	6-1	185	PG	Villanova	Jr.
27	Dallas	Kemba Walker	5-11	172	PG	UConn	So.
28	LA Lakers	LaceDarius Dunn	6-4	200	PG/SG	Baylor	Jr.
29	Orlando	Renardo Sidney	6-10	275	PF	Mississippi St.	Fr.
30	Cleveland	Jeremy Tyler	6-10	245	PF	USA	Intl.
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#	Team	Player	H	W	P	School	C

#	Team	Player	H	W	P	School	C
31	New Jersey	Nolan Smith	6-3	180	PG/SG	Duke	Jr.
32	Minnesota	JaJuan Johnson	6-10	208	SF/PF	Purdue	Jr.
33	Sacramento	Tibor Pleiss	7-1	210	C	Germany	Intl.
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