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One less lotto pick -- Hibbert to return to Georgetown

Discussion in 'NBA Draft' started by Clutch, May 23, 2007.

  1. Clutch

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    Slight hit to the 26th pick ... one less player will slide.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2879914

    Hibbert reportedly to return to Georgetown
    ESPN.com news services
    Updated: May 23, 2007, 9:34 AM ET

    Georgetown center Roy Hibbert will return to college for his senior season, The Washington Post reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation.

    Hibbert and teammate Jeff Green were expected to announce their basketball intentions Wednesday afternoon at a news conference. Neither hired an agent when they entered the NBA draft, a move allowing both to retain their college eligibility should they change their minds. Both players have continued attending classes, the Post reported.

    A month ago, Green told the Post there was a 70 percent chance that he would return for his senior season.

    "School is only going to be here four years," Green told the newspaper. "The NBA will be there forever. You can't just give up that. That's a big thought in this process."

    Both Hibbert, a 7-foot-2 center, and Green, a 6-9 forward and last season's Big East Player of the Year, have been projected as high first-round draft choices should they remain in the draft.

    If both return to Georgetown, the Hoyas, who went 30-7 last season and reached the Final Four, would have a strong chance to dethrone Florida as national champions.

    In April, Hibbert told the Post his odds of returning to the Hoyas were 50-50, and said his projected position in the draft would help him decide. The glut of talented big men coming out for the NBA, including likely No. 1 pick Greg Oden of Ohio State, Joakim Noah and Al Horford of Florida and Yi Jianlian of China, may have convinced Hibbert to continue his college career.

    "Do I want to go eight through 14, or do I want to go top three next year?" Hibbert told the Post last month. "That does play a factor in my decision. ... I wouldn't want to be at the end of a bench on an NBA team, not being able to develop and show what I can do, so another year [at Georgetown] would be great, obviously."

    Underclassmen have until June 18 to withdraw from the June 28 draft.
     
  2. Fuse

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    That's a very smart decision, both from a business stand point and personal enrichment standpoint. He will probably get picked higher next year with Oden off the board.
     
  3. professorjay

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    Get picked higher, one more year of the college glory days, and a good chance at getting an NCAA championship. Sounds right. Looks like the Florida boys may have started a new (and welcome) trend.
     
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    It's nothing that hurts us more than it hurts all of the other good teams in the league.
     
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    Hibbs is going to be a beast next year. If anyone has seen how much he has improved year by year, it is scary how good he might be next year. Barring injury, he'll definetely go top 3 next year. They say only 1 or 2 of this year's freshmen are good enough to go one and done (Beaseley and Gordon) leaving a potentially relatively weak class. It was a very good move from the big fella who said from day one who was going to say all 4 and stuck to it...
     

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