“The players used to have to commit to being in or out of the draft, and they couldn’t pull their name out after they had put it in. Too often times they were getting their information from agents, AAU coaches, family members, entourage, just trying to make money off of them,” said Head Coach Steve Hawkins giving his interpretation for the reasons behind the rule change. “What they [NCAA and NBA] did was they changed the dates around and now, you can enter the draft, even workout for NBA teams, which is what Thomas did and get the feedback directly from the people who are making the decisions.
Thomas Wilder returns for senior year after withdrawing from NBA Draft
