INDIANAPOLIS - College basketball players who declare early forthe NBA draft will still get to work out for teams.
They'll just have to do everything much sooner next season.
On Thursday, the NCAA's board of directors approved a measurerequiring players to withdraw from the draft by May 8 instead of thecurrent June 15, a move that was supported by several keyconstituencies for different reasons.
College coaches wanted the change to give them additional time torestructure their teams. School presidents were concerned aboutpotentially serious academic ramifications, and one NBA officialthinks the extra time isn't entirely necessary anyway.
"Honestly, if a …
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