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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 1807292, member: 405"]
There is a huge difference money wise between going top 14 and going in the later 16 picks of the first round.  Huge difference.  You don't want to sneak into the end of the first round; you want to get picked in the lottery.  If you have the talent but you haven't yet become all conference, we give you tons of publicity.  Just look at Wes Johnson.  One year and he goes number 6 in the lottery.  Jonny Flynn - 2 years, 4th in the lottery.  Dion, two years, goes fourth in the lottery.

Then look at Jerami Grant - not yet a star. goes late in the first round, probably leaves $1,5M per year on the table for that first contract, compared to if he came back.  Chris McCullough goes late first round, leaves a couple million on the table by not coming back and becoming a star.  If you don't think the publicity matters, why do you think Mali went from afterthought to late first round?  Because he played well and we made the Final Four.  No run to the Final Four, no chance he gets picked in the first round.  They weren't even looking at him yet.
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