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Hibbert reportedly to return to Georgetown
Georgetown center Roy Hibbert will return to college for his senior season, The Washington Post reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation.
Hibbert and teammate Jeff Green were expected to announce their basketball intentions Wednesday afternoon at a news conference. Neither hired an agent when they entered the NBA draft, a move allowing both to retain their college eligibility should they change their minds. Both players have continued attending classes, the Post reported.
A month ago, Green told the Post there was a 70 percent chance that he would return for his senior season.
"School is only going to be here four years," Green told the newspaper. "The NBA will be there forever. You can't just give up that. That's a big thought in this process."
Both Hibbert, a 7-foot-2 center, and Green, a 6-9 forward and last season's Big East Player of the Year, have been projected as high first-round draft choices should they remain in the draft.
If both return to Georgetown, the Hoyas, who went 30-7 last season and reached the Final Four, would have a strong chance to dethrone Florida as national champions.
In April, Hibbert told the Post his odds of returning to the Hoyas were 50-50, and said his projected position in the draft would help him decide. The glut of talented big men coming out for the NBA, including likely No. 1 pick Greg Oden of Ohio State, Joakim Noah and Al Horford of Florida and Yi Jianlian of China, may have convinced Hibbert to continue his college career.
"Do I want to go eight through 14, or do I want to go top three next year?" Hibbert told the Post last month. "That does play a factor in my decision. ... I wouldn't want to be at the end of a bench on an NBA team, not being able to develop and show what I can do, so another year [at Georgetown] would be great, obviously."
Underclassmen have until June 18 to withdraw from the June 28 draft.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2879914
Hibbert reportedly to return to Georgetown
Georgetown center Roy Hibbert will return to college for his senior season, The Washington Post reported, citing a source with knowledge of the situation.
Hibbert and teammate Jeff Green were expected to announce their basketball intentions Wednesday afternoon at a news conference. Neither hired an agent when they entered the NBA draft, a move allowing both to retain their college eligibility should they change their minds. Both players have continued attending classes, the Post reported.
A month ago, Green told the Post there was a 70 percent chance that he would return for his senior season.
"School is only going to be here four years," Green told the newspaper. "The NBA will be there forever. You can't just give up that. That's a big thought in this process."
Both Hibbert, a 7-foot-2 center, and Green, a 6-9 forward and last season's Big East Player of the Year, have been projected as high first-round draft choices should they remain in the draft.
If both return to Georgetown, the Hoyas, who went 30-7 last season and reached the Final Four, would have a strong chance to dethrone Florida as national champions.
In April, Hibbert told the Post his odds of returning to the Hoyas were 50-50, and said his projected position in the draft would help him decide. The glut of talented big men coming out for the NBA, including likely No. 1 pick Greg Oden of Ohio State, Joakim Noah and Al Horford of Florida and Yi Jianlian of China, may have convinced Hibbert to continue his college career.
"Do I want to go eight through 14, or do I want to go top three next year?" Hibbert told the Post last month. "That does play a factor in my decision. ... I wouldn't want to be at the end of a bench on an NBA team, not being able to develop and show what I can do, so another year [at Georgetown] would be great, obviously."
Underclassmen have until June 18 to withdraw from the June 28 draft.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2879914
