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How will the new NCAA basketball rules affect Arizona?

The NCAA unveiled wide-sweeping changes to college basketball on Wednesday, and we highlighted the most important ones here.

Since this is an Arizona Wildcats website, let’s take a look at how they might be affected by these changes.

Undrafted players can return to school, which means there is little downside to declaring

Underclassmen are now allowed to return to school if they go undrafted, so there is very little downside to declaring anymore.*

If you declare and don’t get selected, you can sign as undrafted free agent or just go back to school.