Posted by frcsidevil on April 29, 08 at 14:41:02:
This from an Andy Katz article concerning early entries. On next year's All-American team:
Don't sweat it, college hoops fans. Even if every one of the early entrants who filed their paperwork for the NBA draft by Sunday's deadline stays in the draft, next season's potential first team All-Americans are safe.
Forget about the June 16 deadline to withdraw from the NBA draft. The announcements that the following five players are all returning mean that the All-American first team can be penciled in now: forward Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina), the consensus winner of the national player of the year, forward Blake Griffin (Oklahoma), and guards Darren Collison (UCLA), James Harden (Arizona State) and Stephen Curry (Davidson) .
On Budinger possibly leaving UofA:
Budinger will be an intriguing test case. He's talented enough to go in the first round but could easily slide into the second. He'll have a tough decision to make. If he returns, the Wildcats could push UCLA and Arizona State for the Pac-10 title with stud incoming guard Brandon Jennings joining Nic Wise in the backcourt to go along with Jordan Hill up front. The Wildcats won't be deep again this season unless newcomers Emmanuel Negedu, Jeff Withey and Brendon Lavender produce early and often.