<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>North Carolina sophomore Wayne Ellington and junior Danny Green will withdraw from the NBA draft Monday, while the Tar Heels were awaiting official word on whether sophomore point Ty Lawson would join them, too. A UNC official confirmed that Ellington and Green would return to school but that it was unclear if Lawson was returning. The deadline to withdraw is 5 p.m. ET. Ellington and Green were unable to secure a first-round draft pick guarantee. Their return, coupled with player of the year Tyler Hansbrough's return, makes UNC the prohibitive favorite to win the 2009 national title. Ellington, Green and Lawson all participated in the Orlando pre-draft camp last month.</div> http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2008/ne...tory?id=3446325
UNC's gonna be really good next year. Check out DX's list of guys who are in/out: <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Official Early-Entry List: NCAA Staying In: Joe Alexander, West Virginia (signed with Doug Neustadt) Ryan Anderson, California Darrell Arthur, Kansas D.J. Augustin, Texas Jerryd Bayless, Arizona Michael Beasley, Kansas State Mario Chalmers, Kansas Chris Douglas-Roberts, Memphis C.J. Giles, Oregon State Donte Greene, Syracuse Kalen Grimes, Missouri Eric Gordon, Indiana DeAndre Jordan, Texas A&M Kosta Koufos, Ohio State Jamont Gordon, Mississippi State (signing with Charles Grantham?) Shawn James, Duquesne Davon Jefferson, Southern California Brook Lopez, Stanford Robin Lopez, Stanford Kevin Love, UCLA O.J. Mayo, Southern California Richard Hendrix, Alabama J.J. Hickson, North Carolina State George Hill, IUPUI Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, UCLA JaVale McGee, Nevada Kojo Mensah, Duquesne Trent Plaisted, Brigham Young Anthony Randolph, LSU Walter Sharpe, Alabama-Birmingham (signed with agent Danny Servick) Derrick Rose, Memphis Brandon Rush, Kansas Marreese Speights, Florida Bill Walker, Kansas State Russell Westbrook, UCLA International Players In: Alexis Ajinca, Hyeres-Toulon (France) Nicolas Batum, Le Mans (France) Danilo Gallinari, Armani Jeans Milano (Italy) Serge Ibaka, L'Hospitalet (Spain) Ante Tomic, Zagreb (Croatia) NCAA Pulled Out: A.J. Abrams, Texas Antonio Anderson, Memphis Chase Budinger, Arizona Lee Cummard, Brigham Young DeMarre Carroll, Missouri Josh Carter, Texas A&M Robert Dozier, Memphis Wayne Ellington, North Carolina Alonzo Gee, Alabama Danny Green, North Carolina Lester Hudson, Tennessee-Martin Stefon Jackson, Texas-El Paso Ty Lawson, North Carolina Leo Lyons, Missouri Jerel McNeal, Marquette Jeremy Pargo, Gonzaga Josh Shipp, UCLA Ron Steele, Alabama John Riek, Winchendon School (MA) Robert Vaden, Alabama-Birmingham International Players Out: Rodrigue Beaubois, Cholet (France) Joe Ingles, Melbourne South Dragons (Australia) Jonas Jerebko, Biella (Italy) Luc Louves, Orleans (France) Rudy Mbemba, Solna (Sweden) Henk Norel, Alicante (Spain) Giorgi Shermadini, Maccabi Tbilisi (Georgia) NCAA On the Fence/Unknown: Josh Akognon, Cal State Fullerton Jason Bennett, Tallahassee CC (FL) Keith Brumbaugh, Hillsborough CC (FL) Derrick Caracter, Louisville Bruce Price, Tennessee State Unknown players Derek Bailey, Providence Christian Academy (SC) Charles Carter, Oklahoma Baptist Paul Graham III, Florida Atlantic Reggie Huffman, Alabama-Birmingham Courtney Pigram, East Tennessee State Kiwan Smith, Redlands CC (OK) Gordon Watt, Houston Baptist Raymond Wright, Arkansas-Monticello International Players Unknown: Mikheil Berishvili, BC Vita (Georgia) Omri Casspi, Maccabi Elite Tel Aviv (Israel) Victor Claver, Pamesa Valencia (Spain) Nando de Colo, Cholet (France) Sergey Ilin, Budivelnik (Ukraine) Mladen Jeremic, FMP Zeleznik (Serbia) Maxym Korniyenko, Dnipro (Ukraine) Maxim Sheleketo, VEF Riga (Latvia) Maksym Vilkhovetskyi, Dnipro (Ukraine) Ronalds Zakis, VEF Riga (Latvia)</div> Notes: -Budinger out is a bit surprising. Can't see him upping his stock too much next season but who knows what he was hearing from NBA scouts. -Ryan Anderson coming in is interesting, especially form e as a Cal fan. Too bad I couldn't see him play under Monty. - Luc Richard Mbah a Moute staying in, I don't even know if this guy will get drafted yet he wants to stay in? This is gonna hurt UCLA with him and Love gone but they have a good class coming in so they'll be back up there in a year or two. I wonder if NBA scouts are liking what they're seeing from him? Maybe a second round flier defensive specialist type of player. - I'm a bit disappointed to see Pargo go back to Gonzaga. Great for Gonzaga and the WCC but IMO he was being slept on as a draft prospect. He'd be a decent second round pick and IMO has a shot at being a nice career reserve scoring specialist type. Nice athlete, gets to the paint well, shooting is decent, clutch, and steps up big time. Gonna be fun to watch him Daye, Heytvelt, etc. next season though.
According to FoxSports "The Tar Heels trio of Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington and Danny Green are all headed back to Chapel Hill, according to multiple sources close to the situation. "They are all going back to school," one source said. "None of them were 100 percent sure they would be taken in the first round." " http://anonym.to/?http://msn.foxsports.com...eturn-to-school no official word has been released from UNC yet