Chris Lofton, the Tennesse junior, is awaiting an evaluation from pro personnel directors of where he might go in the draft should he opt to skip his senior season in Knoxville. The deadline to declare for early entry is April 29.

It's something he and Tennessee Coach Bruce Pearl discussed soon after the season ended.

"I think you always owe it to yourself to see," Lofton said.

"Realistically, I don't think it's going to happen this year," said Lofton, who led the SEC in scoring at 20.8 points per game. "It's a loaded draft, and I know that. The only way I'd come out is if they told me I was going to be solidly in the first round, but I don't expect that."