{"id":33270,"date":"2022-06-02T07:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T07:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/drew-timme-returning-to-gonzaga-trevor-keels-leaving-duke-for-good-as-nba-draft-deadline-hits\/"},"modified":"2022-06-02T07:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T07:07:19","slug":"drew-timme-returning-to-gonzaga-trevor-keels-leaving-duke-for-good-as-nba-draft-deadline-hits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/drew-timme-returning-to-gonzaga-trevor-keels-leaving-duke-for-good-as-nba-draft-deadline-hits\/","title":{"rendered":"Drew Timme returning to Gonzaga, Trevor Keels leaving Duke for good as NBA Draft deadline hits"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the biggest names in college basketball will be back for his senior season. <\/p>\n

In a two-word tweet late Wednesday night, with less than an hour remaining before the NCAA’s draft deadline elapsed, Gonzaga star Drew Timme<\/span> channeled Michael Jordan’s 1995 return to the NBA with an identical two-word statement that revealed where he would be playing next season.<\/p>\n

Timme, who played alongside future top-five pick Chet Holmgren<\/span> last season, was nonetheless a All-American First Team<\/span> for a second consecutive season. He averaged 18.4 points and 6.8 rebounds for Mark Few’s Bulldogs, who were the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Timme is a 6-10 forward \/ center who has become one of college basketball’s biggest stars in the past two years. If he is again one of the five best players in the sport for 2022-23, he’ll have a chance to go down as a modern college basketball legend. Gonzaga is 90-7 the past three seasons with Timme on the roster. <\/p>\n

It wasn’t just Timme who came back to the Zags. Starting forward Julian Strawther<\/span> also announced his plans to be back in Spokane on Wednesday. Those two, plus the return of shooting guard Rasir Bolton<\/span>will give Gonzaga viability to be considered No. 1 heading into next season.<\/p>\n

Duke wasn’t as fortunate in the lead-up to the deadline. Freshman Trevor Keels<\/span> decided to take a chance on his stock and leave college behind on Wednesday. Keels was considered a 50-50 call, according to sources earlier in the week. He joins Paolo Banchero<\/span> and AJ Griffin as one-and-done Blue Devils this year. Banchero is a projected top-three pick, Griffin is likely to go in the top 10. Keels, meanwhile, might not be a first-round selection. With Mark Williams<\/span> and Wendell Moore Jr<\/span>. also off to the NBA, Jon Scheyer will have a robust rebuild in his first season as coach of the Blue Devils. Still, Scheyer will bring in the top-rated class of 2022, so the cupboard will hardly be bare in Durham. <\/p>\n

Other key names who opted to return to college hoops on deadline day: Marcus Sasser<\/span> (Houston); Jalen Wilson<\/span> and Kevin McCullar<\/span> (Kansas); Allen Flanigan<\/span> (Auburn). More key departures on Wednesday included David Roddy<\/span> (Colorado State), Caleb Houstan<\/span> and Moussa Diabate<\/span> (Michigan), Justin Lewis<\/span> (Marquette), Jules Bernard<\/span> (UCLA) and Dereon Seabron<\/span> (NC State).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n