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[QUOTE="joct, post: 262738, member: 2001"]
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What amazes me every year isn't so much that underclassmen leave, but how there is more kids that go early than there are spots for them.  This list has 24 declared as of now, 11 probables, and another 14 on the fence.  The probables and on the fence list includes some top guys, including Anthony Davis, Kidd-Gilchrist, and Andre Dummond.

There's only 30 1st round picks to go around.  Add in a few seniors, a few foreigners, and a lot of these guys will end up disappointed with going undrafted or getting 2nd round non-guaranteed deals, though granted some will make teams.  Last year 42 underclassmen stayed in the draft, with only 18 going in the 1st round. 
 
Is it that a lot of these guys have people in their ear telling them they are 1st round locks?  Guys who just figure to roll the dice and don't mind going to Europe or D-league if it doesn't work?  Guys who've just had it with college?  I'm sure each case is different.  LSU's Hamilton is the only one on the list who will be graduating, who just is giving up his last year.  It just seems as though the discussion every year is how college hoops is losing top talent to the NBA, but each year there are a lot of guys it just simply loses.
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