Last night, Kentucky forward EJ Montgomery announced he would be withdrawing from the NBA Draft and returning to school for a sophomore season.
And while it’s massive news for the roster and the team’s depth top-to-bottom, the news certainly wasn’t the expectation.
In last week’s edition of my notes, I said that the momentum had shifted back in Kentucky’s favor and that those on Montgomery’s side of things expected him back in Lexington this season. Originally, I had heard that while his first run of workouts had gone okay, teams encouraged him to return to school and develop for one more season before making the jump.