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Message: [QUOTE="joct, post: 1014156, member: 2001"] To me that is the under-discussed part of the underclassmen topic, as most of the discussion is on guys that most people are sure will be pros, but a matter of when is the right time to go. Last year, 46 underclassmen came out early; 20 went in the 1st round; 8 in the second. Past years were very similar. That leaves 26 out of the 46 not going in the first round, to make a team with a non-guaranteed contract, get cut, D-League, or Europe. Probably a variety of factors, as how many were given bad advice and thought they were 1st round locks, just didn't want to be in school, figured they were good enough to make it as a 2nd rounder, or what? If even half of these guys stuck around, they'd make quite an impact on college basketball. CJ Leslie out of NC State was one last year...coming on strong, leaves, undrafted, barely in the d-league. [/QUOTE]