Here's a quick look at who's staying in school, and who is turning in their textbooks for good...
Purdue will return all three of their NBA draft prospects. Forwards Robbie Hummel and JaJuan Johnson and guard E'twaun Moore will all return next year, making the Boilers the class of the Big Ten.- Center Mike Davis and scoring guard Demetri McCamey will both return to Illinois, giving the Illini a chance to be competitive in what will be a stacked Big Ten next year.
- New Mexico's Darington Hobson and Xavier's Jordan Crawford (pictured to the right) are both bolting for the draft, leaving their schools scrambling to find someone to step up and fill the void of a 20 point per game player.
- Richmond and Temple faired much better than the Lobos and the X. The Spiders will keep guard David Anderson, and the Owls will gladly welcome back Lavoy Allen. Both teams will now compete for the A-10 title once again, as they have avoided a complete rebuilding season.
- Alex Tyus didn't have any business in the draft in the first place. Someone agrees with me, because Tyus will return to Florida...where he will still be a highly skilled role player at best.
- Morehead State forward Kenneth Faried is probably the best small school prospect in college basketball, and he likely would have been a late first round pick. Faried is coming back anyway, and Morehead State is now the favorite in the OVC.
- Sharpshooter Jimmer Fredette will be at BYU for one more year. The return of Fredette and the departure of Hobson may have shifted the power in the MWC.
- Kentucky freshman Eric Bledsoe and Daniel Orton confirmed that they would be staying in the draft. This is not a surprise; both are considered sure fire first round picks.
- Talor Battle will return to Penn State for his senior season. He will try to recapture the magic that lead the Nittany Lions to an NIT championship in 2009.
