By Jake McCormick
Faced with low expectations and the lack of a truly dominant player, the University of Wisconsin basketball team needed strong play and leadership from senior guards Trevon Hughes and Jason Bohannon in order to get the Badgers into the Big Dance. Four months and 21 wins later, Hughes deserves a large part of the credit for the team’s unexpected success, and has undoubtedly increased his chances of playing at the NBA level.
After March Madness gives way to the annual summer marathon of the MLB season, Hughes’ strengths and weaknesses will be under the bigger microscope of the NBA. But what are those, and how will they affect his draft stock?
Posting career highs in points per game (15.5), rebounds per game (4.5), assists per game (2.8), field goal percentage (.417), and three point field goal percentage (.394), Hughes has given his NBA draft stock a boost through hard work, experience, and a few drops of clutch baskets.
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