I dunno if Hayward's coming back. He seems to be trending in the first round right now, and I don't see him necessarily doing better next year. On the other hand, lots of guys seem to get a senior markdown if they don't come out. So maybe he ought to get while the getting is good. And yeah, it does suck for us here in Indy, because I'd like to see Butler on the map.
Exactly right. The guy's a potential lottery pick, due in large part to the NCAA Tournament run. That's obviously not guaranteed next year. It probably isn't that he'll fall because of anything he does next season (unless he just forgets how to ball over the summer), but that his stock really can't improve any more because of anything he'll do. Eh, they're on the map. They'll still be really, really good. Brad Stevens is too good for them to fall off the map. Afterall, let's not act like this year was out of the norm for one of his teams. He's had something like 30+, 25+, 30+ wins each of the last 3 seasons. Stevens is here to stay.
