The NCAA Tournament is down to just its final four teams, along with the NIT going on this week. But on Monday, the 2022-23 NCAA Basketball season will be over and the offseason will begin. Well actually, it’s already started for many programs and players, having to make decisions for both the transfer portal and NBA Draft.
The timelines for both subjects have changed in recent years. When it comes to the NBA Draft process, players now have until April 23rd at midnight to enter their names if they aren’t seniors. After going through the combines, interviews, etc, the players will then have until May 31st to decide if they’re to stay in the draft and forego eligibility or come back to NCAA Basketball.
It’s going to be a fairly interesting set of decisions, as there aren’t a ton of players with 50/50 decisions. We got recent news that freshman point guard Tyrese Proctor was coming back for another year at Duke. It’s just one of several decisions that’ll have an impact on the next NCAA Basketball season.
This piece will be looking at some of the most important pending NBA Draft decisions that are truly up in the air. So for example, we won’t be talking about the likes of Keyonte George (Baylor), Cam Whitmore (Villanova), and Nick Smith (Arkansas), who are 99% likely to enter and stay in the draft. I also won’t be including any four-year seniors who even though have one extra covid year left, could go pro and it would be understandable.
For those who aren’t seniors and surefire lottery picks, they’ll be talked about in order of importance.