Leaving Troy.

Only a week or so after Arron Afflalo left UCLA for the draft, USC's Nick Young is bailing too, and Gabe Pruitt could follow him, making a cross-town hoops rivalry a bit less interesting. Sure, O.J. Mayo and Kevin Love will stoke plenty of interest in the battle between the schools, but each school has now lost a player that fills the same scorer role.

Is Young really first round material? Probably past the 15th pick. There's something to be said for being part of a team that got to the Sweet 16 without anyone expecting them to be there, and after the top seven or so (Oden, Durant, Horford, Green, Brewer, Noah, Hibbert, and Jeff Green), this draft isn't necessarily stacked. Young will probably go around the same time Afflalo does.

Speaking of Green and Hibbert, Green says he may be going back to G-Town -- he says it's a 70-30 chance that he'll withdraw from the draft; Hibbert puts his at 50-50.

Georgetown Isn't Cracking The Final Four Next Year.

The only chance Hoya faithful have right now of sniffing Final Four again in '08 is if Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert reconsider their respective decisions to go into the draft -- neither one of them have hired agents, so it's entirely possible that they could return next season if they pull their names out in time, although both are likely ready to contribute to NBA teams now, especially Hibbert.

Oh, and the Indianapolis Star is saying that the dad of some big man you may have heard of says his kid will go pro this year, much like most of us thought (although I was kind of hoping otherwise.) Greg Oden is a consensus #1 to EVERYONE in the running for this draft. I thought there were several teams who could pass on Kevin Durant, but there aren't any teams in the lottery that can afford to pass on Oden. Durant will go after him, and Hibbert would be a nice consolation prize to anyone who needs a center after that.