Recently Harrison Barnes, John Henson, and Kendall Marshall all acknowledged that the were going to enter the upcoming NBA draft. These departures along with those of Zeller, Watts, and White (2 year Mormon Mission) leave 6 fairly productive spots that need to be filled by Roy Williams, who already has 4 top 100 commits for next year. This is expected news from Barnes and Henson, but the news from Marshall was not so expected from the Carolina faithful. Although Carolina fans held out hope that he would return to run the show next season in Chapel Hill it really is no surprise he has decided to enter his name as his draft stock may never be higher according to many people. he is projected to be a top 20 pick and possibly the first point guard taken in this summer's draft. But I do think had he returned the Tar Heels would have been a top 5 team again with newcomers and the players returning from injury. Marshall would have been first team all-american and possibly averaged a double-double or close to it with his new found scoring ability, I believe his numbers could be close to 15 points and 10 assists a game which would put him easily in the top 10 of next year's draft. Unfortunately for college basketball fans everywhere who loved Marshall's old school style of play being a TRUE point guard will miss him and certainly his replacement incoming Freshmen Marcus Paige will have big shoes to fill and will hopefully continue where Marshall left off with his Pass first mentality and score when it is needed.
