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NCAA Basketball: 6 biggest winners from 2019 NBA Draft early entrant deadline

ByBrian Rauf|
BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 21: Head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks with Devon Dotson #11 during the game against the Marquette Golden Eagles in the NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center on Nov. 21, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Porter Binks/Getty Images)
BROOKLYN, NY - NOVEMBER 21: Head coach Bill Self of the Kansas Jayhawks with Devon Dotson #11 during the game against the Marquette Golden Eagles in the NIT Season Tip-Off at the Barclays Center on Nov. 21, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (Photo by Porter Binks/Getty Images)
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JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MARCH 21: Myles Powell #13 of the Seton Hall Pirates reacts in the second half against the Wofford Terriers during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on March 21, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA – MARCH 21: Myles Powell #13 of the Seton Hall Pirates reacts in the second half against the Wofford Terriers during the first round of the 2019 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on March 21, 2019 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Which NCAA Basketball teams benefited the most from this year’s NBA Draft decisions? Here are the biggest winners from the early entrant deadline.

The early entrant deadline for the 2019 NBA Draft came and went on Wednesday night, forcing many players to make final decisions about their NCAA Basketball futures – either stay in the draft, or return to school for another season.

Obviously, college coaches would prefer for all their best players to stay and play for them all four years, but that rarely ever happens.

Almost all projected first-round picks end up leaving early, as the allure of a guaranteed contract isn’t something many can, or want to, pass up. Most projected second-round selections end up staying in the draft as well, hoping to capitalize on the opportunity to potentially get a guaranteed NBA contract, or at least a two-way contract.

Each player has a different set of circumstances that affects his individual decision, and often times these decisions are made for reasons other than just basketball.

For some college basketball programs, those decisions went in their favor. Here are the six biggest winners from the early entrant deadline:

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