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'Dawg gone Hayes to enter NBA Draft amid mess at GeorgiaPosted: Tuesday March 11, 2003 5:59 PMUpdated: Thursday March 13, 2003 5:05 PM
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Star guard Jarvis Hayes will enter the NBA draft, a decision he announced the day after Georgia suspended his coach and abruptly ended its season. Hayes, the Bulldogs' leading scorer for the past two years, will not sign with an agent, meaning the junior could return to the team next season. Coach Jim Harrick was suspended with pay Monday and the school withdrew from the SEC and NCAA tournaments after finding that three players were involved in academic fraud in a class taught by Harrick's son. Hayes said Tuesday the scandal was a factor but not the only reason he wants to enter the draft. He expects to be taken with a lottery pick. "I've heard anywhere from fifth to 11th," he said. If he's not taken by the No. 13 pick, Hayes said he would return to school, regardless of what happens with Harrick and the program. Hayes averaged 18.3 points this season and shot 50 percent from the field, including 43 percent on 3-pointers. Athletic department spokesman Tim Hix said Hayes will be invited to the pre-draft camp in Chicago by NBA director of scouting Marty Blake. Making Hayes' decision more difficult was the status of his twin brother, Jonas, also a junior on the Georgia team. Jonas Hayes probably won't get a chance to play professionally, and the brothers have played on the same team most of their lives. They went to Western Carolina together, and transferred a year later to Georgia. "I'm happy for him," Jonas Hayes said. "Life goes on. I'll pick up the pieces and move on." |
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NBA-bound Jarvis Hayes claims Tony Cole has hurt the Georgia basketball program. 
