We may be busy with football practice, but there’s a rush on basketball news tonight.

Alex blogged a little while ago on West Memphis big man Anthony Borden, who is heading off to junior college and won’t be heading to Arkansas for at least two years now. The news means the Razorbacks will have 12 scholarship players on the roster next season, one under the NCAA limit.

But Arkansas coach John Pelphrey appears to have added a nice first piece to his 2010 signing class.

According to our good friend Dudley Dawson over at Hawgs Illustrated, Memphis-area prospect Mardracus Wade has verbally committed to Arkansas. Wade is a 6-3 guard who is rated as a four-star prospect according to Scout.com. Wade also is rated No. 74 in Scout.com’s top 100.

To read more about the addition and subtraction, make sure you check out tomorrow’s paper. Dudley will have a story on both these developments.

While we’re at it, Arkansas also announced that it will not raise basketball season ticket prices this season, either. The good news: the Razorbacks played 20 home games last season and have 22 this year. So, it seems, you can get more for your money — in theory — for the 2009-2010 season.

But let’s be honest: Arkansas really couldn’t raise prices after the team’s troubles in 2008-09 could it?

Anyone wanting season tickets can call 1-800-982-HOGS or go online to ArkansasRazorbacks.com.