With rising NIL budgets enabling some players to earn more money playing another season of college basketball than by turning pro, we're seeing more and more All-American-caliber players opt to return to school.
North Carolina's RJ Davis is the first ACC Player of the Year to return to school since Tyler Hansbrough in 2008, while fellow AP All-Americans Mark Sears, Hunter Dickinson, Caleb Love and Johni Broome are all back too.
There's elite freshmen Cooper Flagg, Airious 'Ace' Bailey, Dylan Harper and VJ Edgecombe. Projected top-15 draft picks from overseas include Egor Demin, Kasparas Jakucionis and Khaman Maluach.
The biggest debate? Which player ranks No. 1. ESPN's Jeff Borzello and Myron Medcalf sought to figure that out, ranking the top 100 players in the sport.
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