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Michigan guard Tim Hardaway Jr. is leaving the Wolverines early for the NBA Draft. "Everybody's going in there with the same mindset," Hardaway said. "There's no leeway." Hardaway announced Wednesday that he will forgo his senior season at Michigan and enter the NBA Draft. He's the second Wolverine to declare early for this year's draft -- national Player of the Year Trey Burke announced his departure Sunday.

After leading Michigan to the national title game last week, star guard Trey Burke has decided to leave for the NBA.

Rick Pitino doesn't expect Gorgui Dieng back next season. Louisville's head coach said that his 6-foot-11 junior big man is "98 percent gone" and will participate in Senior Day festivities on Saturday when the Cardinals close out their home slate against Notre Dame.

Best in the country and No. 1 and 2 in the NBA draft. The celebration goes on for Kentucky's kids. The Wildcats became the first school to have the top two picks and tied a record with six players taken overall Thursday night. After the New Orleans Hornets made the long-expected selection of forward Anthony Davis with the first pick, Charlotte followed by taking fellow freshman Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.

Once Anthony Davis slips on a Hornets hat above basketball's most celebrated eyebrow Thursday night, the NBA draft really starts. Davis will head to New Orleans with the No. 1 pick, even if the college player of the year is reluctant to guarantee it. After that, nobody can be sure what will happen.

New owner, and now a new star player. The future suddenly looks bright for the New Orleans Hornets. Meanwhile, it was yet another loss - in a historic season full of them - for Michael Jordan and the Charlotte Bobcats.

The odds are against Michael Jordan's Bobcats winning the NBA lottery Wednesday night and landing the No. 1 pick in the draft. That's too bad for Jordan because he could certainly use it to ignite his struggling franchise.

Kentucky's starting lineup of three freshmen and two sophomores did most everything together en route to the school's eighth national title. Now, they will each go their separate ways in the NBA....

If your favorite team didn't get a pick until late in the first round or in the second round last night don't worry. Every year there is a player who turns out to be a steal at those spots.

The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kyrie Irving with the No. 1 pick Thursday in an NBA draft that quickly became filled with international players.