This year's NBA Draft - and MVC players...

[tornado]

several mock draft and NBA Draft projection sites are listing players with Missouri Valley connections...

Almost every such site has Missouri State's Alize Johnson in the latter half of the 2nd round (there are 30 picks per round)
- 49th overall - http://www.basketballinsiders.com/top-100-nba-draft-prospects/
- 51st overall - http://www.nbadraft.net/2018mock_draft
- another at 51st - https://www.draftsite.com/mydraftsite/TEReynolds/nba/mock-draft/2018/

Milik Yarbrough is mentioned in a couple mock drafts as a late 2nd round pick
https://www.nbascoutinglive.com/milik-yarbrough-scouting-report

Wichita's Landry Shamet played two years in the MVC-
these two sites have him going 28th- http://www.basketballinsiders.com/top-100-nba-draft-prospects/
https://www.nbascoutinglive.com/landry-shamet-scouting-report
this site has him at 31st - https://www.draftsite.com/mydraftsite/TEReynolds/nba/mock-draft/2018/

this guy thinks Shamet's history of stress fractures in his feet will cause NBA people to be a little shy...
http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article205771519.html

 

[tornado]

Wichita's Landry Shamet declares for the NBA - and will not return to Wichita State- he is in the process of hiring an agent.
..one article even suggests he isn't going to classes - just doing a couple online courses currently...
https://twitter.com/chase_shannon/status/979408574291087360
http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article207294619.html

next year could be a rebuilding year as their top four players then will be gone and
7 of the only 10 who have even appeared in enough games to qualify by MVC standards for the stats

 

[Da Coach]

Markis McDuffie has announced he will return to Wichita State next year for his senior season
He declared for the NBA draft last year, his sophomore season, but did not sign with an agent, and eventually returned to school. He averaged 11.5 ppg and 5.7 rpg last year while playing in the MVC.
This season, a stress fracture caused him to miss the first 11 games of the season. In the 22 games he did play, his production fell off from his sophomore year to 8.5 ppg and 3.1 rpg. He should put up much better numbers next year if he returns healthy.