While PJ Washington, Tyler Herro, and Keldon Johnson were all locks going into the process, EJ Montgomery and Nick Richards were up in the air. Based entirely on individual production this past year, the latter two seemed to have easy decisions to make on the surface level, but they each had various reasons to at least consider the possibility of making the jump.
After going through the process, the Kentucky players that needed to go to the NBA did just that, while the guys that needed to return did, as well.
Factor in Montgomery and Richards withdrawing from the NBA Draft with Ashton Hagans and Immanuel Quickley already back in the fold, and Kentucky now has four legitimate returnees going into the 2019-20.