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Ranking the importance of Big Ten NBA draft decisions

The NBA draft combine takes place next month in Chicago and the deadline for players who haven’t hired an agent to withdraw from school is less than a month away. Eleven Big Ten underclassmen have opted to test the draft waters without hiring an agent and each decision will have an impact on shaping next season’s conference race.

(Note: Three underclassmen have hired agents and will not be returning to school: Maryland’s Melo Trimble, Ohio State’s Trevor Thompson and Indiana’s OG Anunoby.)

Here’s our look at each decision and a 11-1 ranking of each in terms of importance to next season’s Big Ten hierarchy.