When the Wisconsin basketball team takes the court for their season opener in 2016, they’ll do so with senior Nigel Hayes on the floor.
Hayes, who declared for the NBA Draft earlier this spring, didn’t hire an agent so he retained the right to withdraw from the draft within 10 days of completion of the NBA Combine.
He made the decision on Tuesday, the day before his deadline, to return to the Badgers for his senior season.
He made the right choice.
Without Hayes, the Badgers still would have been one of the better teams in the Big Ten this season.