KENTUCKY BASKETBALL PLAYER BRANDON KNIGHT HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL KEEP HIS NAME IN THE NBA DRAFT.  DURING A NEWS CONFERENCE FRIDAY MORNING IN LEXINGTON, THE LEXINGTON HERALD LEADER REPORTED KNIGHT SAYING IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY HE COULD NOT PASS UP.  KNIGHT SAID HE RECEIVED A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM NBA PERSONNEL, WHICH LED HIM TO BELIEVE HE COULD BE A TOP 10 PICK IN THE NBA DRAFT.

KNIGHT SAID HE HAD NOT HIRED AN AGENT, BUT IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO.  KNIGHT WAS KENTUCKY'S LEADING SCORER THIS PAST SEASON AT 17.4 POINTS PER GAME AND WAS NAMED THE NCAA EAST REGIONAL MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER. 

MEANWHILE, IT'S NOT KNOWN IF TEAMMATES TERRENCE JONES AND DEANDRE LIGGINS WILL STAY IN THE DRAFT OR RETURN TO KENTUCKY NEXT SEASON.  JONES REPORTEDLY PLACED ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT THURSDAY EVENING HE IS 50/50 ON WHETHER HE WILL RETURN TO LEXINGTON.  LIGGINS WILL MAKE HIS DECISION AFTER WORKING OUT FOR NBA TEAMS THIS WEEKEND.  UNDERCLASSMEN HAVE UNTIL SUNDAY TO DECIDE WHETHER TO RETURN TO COLLEGE OR GO INTO THE NBA DRAFT.