78% of college basketball players who meet four specific criteria play five or more years in the NBA or are currently in the league. Who qualified this past season?

As the NBA continues working toward a (hopefully) tank-free future, this season's most egregious tankers will soon learn whether all of this losing was worth it.

The deadline to withdraw from the draft and maintain eligibility to return to school is May 27 at 11:59 p.m. ET. There were only 71 early entrants in the 2026 NBA Draft. That is the lowest total since 2003. Last year, there were 106 early entrants, and in 2021, there were 363.