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After panning graduate-transfer rule, how does Calipari justify taking one?

The ever-revolving door into and out of the Kentucky men's basketball program has been whirling at a feverish pace this spring.

Now that Wednesday's NCAA deadline for players to take their names out of the NBA Draft has passed, seven Wildcats from last season's 26-11 team with remaining eligibility have hit the exits.

Freshmen standouts Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Kevin Knox are universally projected to be first-round picks in the 2018 NBA Draft.

Sophomore forward Wenyen Gabriel, redshirt freshman guard Hamidou Diallo and freshman forward Jarred Vanderbilt are not expected to go in the first round of the draft but all three turned pro anyway.