UCLA guard Darren Collison has decided to come back for his senior year, electing not to join three of his Bruin teammates in the NBA Draft. Collison has been on all three of UCLA's Final Four teams of the past three years and will give winning a National Championship one more shot. Collison was second on the Bruins this past season with 14.5 PPG, and he also averaged 2.6 RPG and 3.8 APG. Currently, Collison is the only starter from the Bruins who has decided to return for the 2008-09 season. His teammates, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute have already declared for the NBA Draft but the fifth starter, Josh Shipp, still hasn't made up his mind about the NBA.We're starting to see a few notable players who have decided to return to school, which is great thing for them and college basketball. Collison was one of the quickest players last season and it will be much better to see him back on the court for the Bruins, rather than on an NBA court. It's a good decision for Collison because he would have been a late first round pick, and at 6-0, 160, he would have been very undersized for a NBA point guard. Collison shot a great percentage from everywhere on the floor last season, including the free throw line, and I expect him to improve on that, which will increase his draft stock. Collison should also improve his scoring averaging making it closer to 20 PPG, and improve his assists to 5 APG. UCLA should be right there in the Final Four mix, when they welcome Jrue Holiday to UCLA next season.
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