The title of this blog entry speaks for itself. It's a total waste, yes waste, of a collegiate basketball program to offer a high school player a full-ride athletic scholarship if his intentions are to only play one year of college basketball. All that player cares about is that he's been a highly recruited high school player and is going to attend an NCAA Division I school that makes the NCAA Tournament year in and year out. This will get that player even more national exposure to NBA scouts. Selfish is exactly what this is with these one-and-done college basketball players, pure selfish.
There has got to be a way that the NCAA can put some sort of clamps on this happening. These players should be up front when they enter college and let the nation know that they're only staying for one, two, three or, heaven forbid, staying for their senior season. There are very few that value what staying in for all four years can do for a player. Sure, you all think that one or two years playing college basketball is almost more than enough to prepare for the NBA.
Leaving college early for the NBA is nothing more than a cop-out. These players think that they're better than the system of NCAA basketball as a whole, which is why they leave after just one season. It's also sad that a lot of these one-and-dones don't even have to worry about tests and homework in their classes while they're there, even for a short time. College basketball head coaches have been tabbed to have sought out other college students to take exams and write papers for these students, just so that they'll be academically eligible to play the whole season. Sad, but true.
Below I have put together a list of players that are declaring for the NBA draft. Below that, a list of players that have decided that they will return for the 2011-12 season of college basketball. I'll also tell my reason why these players should or shouldn't go pro or if they won't even make an NBA roster.
Entering the NBA draft:
Olu Ashaolu, Jr, Louisiana Tech (most likely ends up overseas)
Laurence Bowers, Jr, Missouri (NBDL talent or go back to Mizzou)
Alec Burks, So, Colorado (making a mistake hiring an agent; 2nd round or NBDL)
DeAngelo Casto, Jr, Washington State (who the hell is DeAngelo Castro? go back to WSU, son!)
Michael Dunigan, Oregon (Hear that Duck call?! Even your agent doesn't want you to go pro!)
Kim English, Jr, Missouri (Mizzou product who gave up on college; have fun in the NBDL or Europe!)
Ashton Gibbs, Jr, Pitt (Should head back to Pitt and spend the season leading the Big East in scoring)
Gus Gilchrist, Jr, South Florida (not enough national exposure to get this guy drafted)
Troy Gillenwater, Jr, Louisville (Should head back to UL. Pitino will play him more this year)
Jordan Hamilton, So, Texas (Another year in Austin will help Hamilton become a better big man)
Tobias Harris, Fr, Tennessee (New coach could help this Frosh with his game)
Tu Holloway, Jr, Xavier (early tourney exit should make Tu hungry to come back for more)
Tyler Honeycutt, So, UCLA (Ben Howland could use Honeycutt, NBA can wait)
Scotty Hopson, Jr, Tennessee (Hopson needs to stay and give UT leadership in post-Pearl era)
Kyrie Irving, Fr, Duke (played 11 games as Frosh. Will still be a Top 5 draft pick)
Reggie Jackson, Jr, Boston College (needs one more year at BC)
Terrence Jennings, Jr, Louisville (Jennings is good, but would sit the pine in the NBA right away)
Orlando Johnson, Jr, UC Santa Barbara (needs a senior year as a Gaucho)
Kevin Jones, Jr, West Virginia (Jones should come back to help lead the Mountaineers)
Terrence Jones, Fr, Kentucky (Final Four trip or not. Jones needs one more year in Lexington)
Enes Kanter, Fr, Kentucky (why does UK insist that 4 or 5 guys enter the draft every year?!)
Brandon Knight, Fr, Kentucky (Will probably stay in draft, but could use one more year at UK)
Malcolm Lee, Jr, UCLA (head back to Westwood, the NBA has no idea who you are!)
Travis Leslie, Jr, Georgia (one more year in the SEC might get Leslie NBA ready)
Kawhi Leonard, So, SDSU (Leonard could dominate for SDSU, but NBA could use him)
DeAndre Liggins, Jr, Kentucky (this year's Daniel Orton. Barely scored/rebounded. Good luck going pro!)
Shelvin Mack, Jr, Butler (Mack will come back to Butler. BU has a lot of talent for 2011-12)
Darius Morris, So, Michigan (will stay in draft solely because he's a thug from Michigan!)
Marcus Morris, Jr, Kansas (if Marcus works on his jumper, he'll be a decent NBA player)
Markieff Morris, Jr, Kansas (Markieff has a lot to work on to make it as an NBA player)
Jamine Peterson, Providence (not even listed on PC's roster?!)
JP Primm, Jr, UNC Asheville (go back to Asheville and party more Primm! work on your game also)
Jereme Richmond, Fr, Illinois (Bruce Webet needs Richmond back, bottom line)
Carleton Scott, Jr, Notre Dame (Scott will be back for Irish. Only 2 seniors, Irish should be good)
Josh Selby, Fr, Kansas (Selby never wanted to be in Lawrence to begin with)
Iman Shumpert, Jr, Georgia Tech (Coach Hewitt gets fired, so Shumpert wants out)
John Shurna, Jr, Northwestern (Should stay in Evanston. Needs to be all-Big Tn before going pro)
Greg Smith, So, Fresno State (mistake for Smith to leave Fresno)
Isaiah Thomas, Jr, Washington (will be a decent pro, but might get put in his place early)
Trey Thompkins, Jr, Georgia (needs more time in Athens. Guarantee Trey isn't his real name!)
Hollis Thompson, So, Georgetown (junior varsity version of Roy Hibbert. That's a bad thing folks!)
Klay Thompson, Jr, Washington State (too many Thompsons in draft, go back to Pullman!)
Tristan Thompson, Fr, Texas (Frosh needs more Big 12 PT)
Nikola Vucevic, Jr, USC (no idea who this guy is. USC isn't real known for basketball)
Kemba Walker, Jr, UConn (Top 5 pick for sure. Walker will excel in the NBA as a shooter)
Derrick Williams, So, Arizona (best Soph. coming out early)
Jordan Williams, So, Maryland (Gary Williams could use this Williams back on campus)
Brandon Wood, Jr, Valpo (There's a player from Valparaiso in the draft as an early entry?!)
RETURNING TO SCHOOL:
Tyler Zeller, Jr, UNC
John Henson, So, UNC
Harrison Barnes, Fr, North Carolina
William Buford, Jr, Ohio State
Jared Sullinger, Fr, Ohio State
Jordan Taylor, Jr, WisconsinThomas Robinson, Jr, KansasCory Joseph, Fr, Texas
Kris Joseph, Jr, Syracuse
Doron Lamb, Fr, Kentucky
Trevor Mbakwe, Jr, Minnesota
Ray McCallum, Fr, Detroit
Mason Plumlee, So, Duke
Herb Pope, Jr, Seton Hall
Cam Tatum, Jr, TennesseeDrew Gordon, Jr, New MexicoWill Barton, Fr, Memphis
Quincy Acy, Jr, BaylorMaalik Wayns, So, Villanova
Wesley Witherspoon, Jr, Memphis
The coaches of the players listed below are definetely thinking how glad they are that these guys are coming back for another season of college basketball. I can't say enough of how glad I am that these players will be back. I love college basketball!!
Perry Jones, Fr, BaylorDee Bost, Jr, Mississippi State
Fetsus Ezili, Jr, Vanderbilt
JaMychal Green, Jr, Alabama
Dario Hunt, Jr, Nevada
John Jenkins, So, Vanderbilt
Ricardo Ratliffe, Jr, Missouri
Terrence Ross, Fr, Washington
Renardo Sidney, So, Mississippi State
Jeff Taylor, Jr, Vanderbilt
Stay tuned for more on this.
Tyshawn Taylor, Jr, Kansas
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