'Big Baby' passes on school for NBA draft

BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU center Glen "Big Baby" Davis, a 6-foot-9, 290-pound junior, said Tuesday he will skip his senior year to enter the NBA draft.

The NBA's predraft camp is in Orlando, Fla., and Davis expects to be there.

Davis averaged 17.7 points and 10.4 rebounds this season, missing several games late in the year because of a strained quadriceps. He is the only LSU player other than Shaquille O'Neal with career totals surpassing 1,500 points, 900 rebounds and 100 blocks. Davis was an AP second team All-America selection during the 2005-06 season, when LSU went to the Final Four.