Thursday night did not go as it looked like it was going to at the very least, and it definitely did not go the way Marquette fans wanted it to go for sophomore forward Justin Lewis. NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum concluded the 58th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by announcing Hugo Besson to the Indiana Pacers, and with that, Lewis went undrafted.
That feels like a bit of a surprise after we collected up that long list of mock drafts and big boards that seemed to indicate that the NBA brain trust saw Lewis as a player worthy of at least a second round pick, perhaps even a first if someone felt a particular kind of way about him.