Kentucky was unable to finish their quest to become the first team in college basketball history to go 40-0, and the team will be losing all of their star power as their key players will enter the NBA Draft.
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They were knocked out by Wisconsin in the Final Four and finished 38-1. The Wildcats had a stacked team loaded with NBA Draft prospects.
Karl-Anthony Towns, Willie Cauley-Stein, Trey Lyles, Devin Booker, Dakari Johnson, Andrew Harrison and Aaron Harrison will all forgo their remaining seasons of college eligibility and enter the draft.
They were the top seven scorers for Kentucky, and Towns and Cauley-Stein are locks to be lottery picks. Towns is a contender to be the first overall pick, along with Duke star Jahlil Okafor.
Cauley-Stein is a junior, but the remaining draft prospects from Kentucky are either freshmen or sophomores.
Aaron Harrison led Kentucky in scoring with 11 points per game while Towns led the team in rebounding with a 6.7 average while Cauley-Stein added 6.4.
Booker, Lyles and Johnson are also expected to be drafted in the first round. The Harrison twins are being considered second-round prospects.
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