Drew Gooden, the 6-10 forward from Kansas University, will hold a press conference at 4pm Friday to announce whether he will be heading for the NBA this season or returning to Kansas.  Gooden has already said that he will not talk to any reporters before Friday, so it is unclear at this stage which direction he is leaning towards.  His parents have always wanted him to play four years, but he is also certain to be a high lottery pick should he leave, which of course means he will be very rich.

"He's enjoying life, enjoying being a college student," Gooden?s college coach Roy Williams said. "He's had a great, great time this year. He loves college basketball and his teammates. If somebody goes into college basketball with just the idea of making money in the NBA ? and that's their only goal ? it's a pretty easy decision. Some guys do that, say, 'I'll come in, play a year or two years and get outta here.'

?Drew came in with the idea of playing four years. His mother and father wanted him to play four years. They said it publicly that's what they wanted him to do.?

"I've never coached a player that didn't say later basketball stopped being fun (in pros)," Williams said. "I've never coached a player at Kansas or North Carolina who didn't say college basketball is more fun than being a professional basketball player. But it's more fun to go eat at a place where it costs a little more money than hamburgers for 99 cents."