Guard Jerel McNeal has made it official that he is pulling out of the NBA Draft to return for his senior year at Marquette. McNeal saved his eligibility by not hiring an agent when he declared in late April. He was one of only two Golden Eagles to start every game this season and averaged 14.9 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 3.5 APG and 2.2 SPG. McNeal said that coming back to school is a better choice for him so that he can accomplish some of his basketball and academic goals.This is a great decision by McNeal and I hope that we see a few other players who have entered the draft, return to college. First of all, McNeal's draft projection was being a late second round selection to being undrafted, so McNeal wasn't even ready. Why not stay one more and improve on your game? Secondly, McNeal is coming back to a Marquette team that is returning four starters and their top four scorers from a season ago. I'm not saying that they are going to be a final four team or anything, but I think they could easily make it a round further in the tournament. New head coach Buzz Williams should be able to get the Golden Eagles past the second round.
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