The expectations for 2017 go sky high as the star forward returns for his senior season.
The waiting game in the NBA Draft process has been hanging over Badger fans head's since Nigel Hayes decided to test the process and enter his name as eligible. And while he did have impressive moments in the combine, the consensus among the NBA Draft watchers was that Hayes needed to go back for his senior season. That said with the deadline coming on Wednesday, we were coming down to the last minute. But Badger fans can breathe easy with the news that Nigel Hayes will be back for his senior season as first reported by Wisconsin State Journal's Jim Polzin and later confirmed by Hayes' mother.