The 2024 NBA draft is now in the rearview mirror, and already the draft junkies are looking ahead to 2025.
And while college basketball will have plenty of incoming freshmen talent – most notably Duke forward Cooper Flagg – there are also quite a few players who opted to return to school who will almost certainly be picked at this time one year from now.
Some of them – like UConn’s Alex Karaban or Wake Forest’s Hunter Sallis – likely would have been picked this week had they stayed in the draft process. Meanwhile, others are hoping the decision to transfer to another school will boost their stock and get them into the draft conversation for 2025.
Below is a look at 15 returners to college basketball who fans should expect to see on mock drafts throughout the 2024-25 college basketball season and into next summer:
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Team: UConn
Position: 3/4 Hybrid
2023-24 Stats: 13.3 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 64% on twos, 37.9% from three
Randy Sartin-USA TODAY Sports
Team: Kentucky in 2023-24 (transferred to Arkansas)
Position: SG/SF
2023-24 Stats: 7.2 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.1 blocks, 31.8% from three
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports
Team: Duke
Position: SG
2023-24 Stats: 10.5 points, 3.7 assists, 3.0 rebounds, 35.2% from three
Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Team: Wake Forest
Position: SG
2023-24 Stats: 18 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.1 steals, 40.5% from three
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Team: Kentucky in 2023-24 (Transferred to Arkansas)
Position: C
2023-24 Stats: 5.5 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.3 blocks, 66.7% on twos, 37.5% from three
Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports
Team: South Carolina
Position: PF
2023-24 Stats: 10.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.0 steals, 1.0 blocks, 61.3% on twos
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Team: Iowa State
Position: 3/4 Hybrid
2023-24 Stats: 10.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.2 assists,
Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Team: Arizona
Position: Combo Guard
2023-24 Stats: 6.1 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 1.1 steals, 34.1% from three
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Team: Arizona
Position: C
2023-24 Stats: 5.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 55.4% from the field
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Team: Oregon
Position: PF
2023-24 Stats: 7.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 1.1 assists, 1.0 blocks, 55.1% on twos, 26.7% from three
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Team: North Carolina
Position: PG
2023-24 Stats: 7.3 points, 4.1 assists, 2.2 rebounds, 48.1% on twos, 18.9% from three
Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Team: Pepperdine in 2023-24 (Transferred to Gonzaga)
Position: 3/4 Hybrid
2023-24 Stats: 17.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 47% from three
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Team: New Mexico in 2023-24 (Transferred to Texas Tech)
Position: PF/C
2023-24 Stats: 12.4 points, 9.1 rebounds, 1.9 blocks, 1.1 steals, 65.5% on twos, 34.4% from three
Jordan Prather-USA TODAY Sports
Team: Creighton
Position: C
2023-24 Stats: 17.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.1 blocks, 1.3 assists, 70.5% on twos
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Team: Santa Clara
Position: SG/SF
2023-24 Stats: 14.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 50% on twos, 35.4% from three
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