With the 2010 NCAA Tournament barely a sweet memory in our subconscious, many college basketball’s stars have begun to look toward the future.

After just one year of play for the University of Kentucky, 6-foot-4 guard John Wall announced at a news conference last week that he will be entering the NBA draft.

While expectations have fluctuated around the player since he arrived in Lexington, the John Wall phenomenon would eventually sweep the nation this year.

Fans of online sports betting expect the guard to be the number one pick overall in the draft, although Wall has stated he’s unconcerned with who he plays for. Wall did however, have a message for his UK brethren.

“I never thought college would be this fun for me… I’m always going to be a Kentucky Wildcat for the rest of my life.”

Wall isn’t the only Wildcat entering the draft. Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson has officially announced his intent to enter the NBA draft. Patterson put his name in the draft last year following the coaching shake up at Kentucky, but then returned to play for another year with the Wildcats.

In other draft news, Florida State’s 7-foot-1 center, Solomon Alabi, has announced he is entering the 2010 NBA draft. Seminoles coach Leonard Hamilton stated that Alabi was on track to finish his academic work this semester, and would receive a degree in International Relations next year. While Alabi is a great free throw shooter at 7-feet-1, he can get pushed around in a physical game, and seems to take bad shots from outside the paint from time to time. Many fans of basketball betting have posited that Alabi is not ready for the NBA.