Mr.Bottomtooth
04-26-2008, 10:16 PM
Report: UCLA star Collison to return for senior year
by FOXSports.com
Updated: April 26, 2008, 9:31 PM EST
UCLA may have lost three starters to the NBA already, but the Bruins will bring back at least one of their stars.
Junior guard Darren Collison has decided to return to UCLA for his senior year, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
"I want to give myself the best possible chance to succeed at the next level," Collison said, according to the report. "I have not made this decision impulsively. I have unfinished business at UCLA. I want to complete my education and when I do enter the draft I don't want to be just another prospect."
Collison, a third-team All-American who has played on three consecutive Final Four teams for the Bruins, is staying despite three of UCLA's top players testing the pro waters — All-American center Kevin Love, sophomore guard Russell Westbrook and junior forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute.
"This is my decision," Collison told the paper. "It's my personal circumstances. It had nothing to do with anybody else's circumstances. I could have become successful coming into the draft but this is my chance to do something real special. It had nothing to do with other players coming out."
This past season, which saw UCLA go 35-4 and lose to Memphis in the Final Four, Collison averaged 14.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8077184?MSNHPHMA
by FOXSports.com
Updated: April 26, 2008, 9:31 PM EST
UCLA may have lost three starters to the NBA already, but the Bruins will bring back at least one of their stars.
Junior guard Darren Collison has decided to return to UCLA for his senior year, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times.
"I want to give myself the best possible chance to succeed at the next level," Collison said, according to the report. "I have not made this decision impulsively. I have unfinished business at UCLA. I want to complete my education and when I do enter the draft I don't want to be just another prospect."
Collison, a third-team All-American who has played on three consecutive Final Four teams for the Bruins, is staying despite three of UCLA's top players testing the pro waters — All-American center Kevin Love, sophomore guard Russell Westbrook and junior forward Luc Richard Mbah a Moute.
"This is my decision," Collison told the paper. "It's my personal circumstances. It had nothing to do with anybody else's circumstances. I could have become successful coming into the draft but this is my chance to do something real special. It had nothing to do with other players coming out."
This past season, which saw UCLA go 35-4 and lose to Memphis in the Final Four, Collison averaged 14.5 points, 2.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game.
http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/8077184?MSNHPHMA