While Wednesday's NBA draft early-entry withdrawal deadline was the busiest in recent memory -- with more than 40 players announcing their decisions to stay in the NBA draft or return to college -- the top of the Way-Too-Early Top 25 was determined by a stay-or-go announcement more than a week before the deadline.
When Kansas forward Kevin McCullar Jr. withdrew his name from the draft and decided to return to the Jayhawks for another season, it cemented Bill Self's team at No. 1 in the rankings. Duke had rocketed to No. 1 after Kyle Filipowski and Jeremy Roach announced their returns to Durham, North Carolina, and seemed to have a strong hold on the top spot -- but the Jayhawks moved to No.