photo by: Mike Yoder

Mario Little (23) scrambles for a loose ball during the first half against the Richmond Spiders Friday, March 25, 2011 at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Former Kansas University basketball guard Mario Little averaged 16.8 points and 4.1 rebounds a game this past season for Anyang Korea Ginseng Corporation, which went 34-28 overall and advanced to the semifinals of the Korean League playoffs.

The city of Anyang is just a few miles south of Seoul.

The 6-foot-6, 28-year-old Little hit 52.7 percent of his shots, including 35.8 percent of his threes. It’s not known whether he’ll be back in Korea again next season. Tryouts for the KBL are held in July in Las Vegas.

Mock draft: Chad Ford’s latest mock draft for ESPN, which was released on Tuesday, has KU freshman forward Cheick Diallo being selected No. 27 in the first round by the Toronto Raptors.

“Diallo didn’t really do much at Kansas this year, but that won’t stop a team like the Raptors from grabbing him,” Ford wrote. “He is tough and athletic, and he might have the best motor in the draft. He’s very, very raw. But had he stayed in school another year, he probably would have been a lottery pick. That makes him good value here.”

Draftexpress.com has Diallo as the third pick of the second round by the Los Angeles Clippers; Wayne Selden Jr. the 12th pick of the second round by Utah; and Perry Ellis the 29th pick of Round Two by Sacramento. Ellis has been working out in Houston, Selden in Los Angeles and Diallo in South Carolina preparing for individual workouts with NBA teams.

NBAdraft.net, by the way, has Diallo being taken No. 23 in the first round by Boston, Selden the 19th pick of the second round by Detroit and Ellis the 25th pick of the second round by Brooklyn.

Of Selden’s chances, Ford wrote: “Selden put together the best year of his three-year career at Kansas, but it still hasn’t been enough to get him firmly back into the first round. He was more aggressive as a scorer this season, and improved his jump shot significantly over the course of the past three years. When he gets going, he can be a force offensively. But his inconsistency likely keeps him somewhere in the second round.”

Selden has signed with Neal Rosenshein of Summit Sports Group and Ellis with Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports and Entertainment

Greene signs with Goldfeder: Former KU guard Brannen Greene, who has declared for the NBA Draft after three seasons at KU, recently signed with agent Sam Goldfeder of Excel Sports Management. Greene is currently working out in New York preparing for individual workouts with NBA teams leading up to the draft.

ESPN’s Ford this week wrote of Greene: “Greene was one of the best shooters in college basketball, but he could never firmly find a place in the rotation at Kansas, mostly because of constant run-ins with head coach Bill Self. Maturity is a major question mark for him. He’ll likely go undrafted.”

No. 7: ESPN has ranked KU’s recruiting class seventh in the country so far. The Jayhawks, who have landed Josh Jackson (ESPN No. 2 recruit), Udoka Azubuike (22) and Mitch Lightfoot (67), still have three scholarships to give. Kentucky is No. 1 with six signees, followed by Duke (5), Arizona (4), Michigan State (4), Mississippi State (7), UCLA (4), KU (3), Virginia (4), UConn (4) and Harvard (7).