Aminu Will Return to Wake Forest

Dan Collins was right all along. Al-Farouq Aminu will stay at Wake Forest for his sophomore season, despite numerous reports from people who had no business issuing said reports that Aminu was "considering to be leaning" toward going pro. (With specificity like that, it's amazing draftexpress.com has been repeatedly proven wrong over the past week (Ed Davis also). Dudes, the reason PFT became so popular is because Mike Florio's scoops were almost always right. Trying to become PFT by throwing out garbage information and hoping it sticks totally undermines the site's credibility.)
By coming back, Aminu will have a chance to mature (basketball-wise), put on some weight and raise his draft stock even more. He, along with Greg Monroe, will likely be the early favorites to become the No. 1 pick of the 2010 NBA Draft.
This makes me more hopeful that Jeff Teague will return to Wake for his junior season. Before they beat Carolina in January, next year was always supposed to be the year that Wake peaked. The timetable was moved up when the Deacs ascended to No. 1 though. Johnson leaving is, of course, a huge blow, but if Teague returns and either Ty Walker or Tony Woods can make a Teague-ian leap from their freshman to sophomore season, there's no reason Wake couldn't contend for the ACC crown next year with Duke. Well, except for Dino. (Oooh, I went there for the first time. It doesn't feel good. Ignore that, I'm going to try to keep an open mind until Wake loses to Purdue in the ACC/Big 10 Challenge.)