Kentucky freshman point Brandon Knight, who hit game-winning shots to beat Princeton and Ohio State in the NCAA tournament and led the Wildcats in scoring at 17.3 points a game, as well as classmate Terrence Jones, who averaged a second-best 15.7 points a game, haven't decided if they'll declare for the draft.
Calipari talked to both players last week after returning from the Final Four, and said he would meet with them again Monday or Tuesday. Underclassmen have until April 24 to declare and May 8 to withdraw from the draft.
"They probably need to test the waters and see where they are before they make a decision," Calipari said. "They have to find out where they would fall. But this [NBA] lockout looms. Normally I would suggest that you've got to do this, but if an agent is paying you [during the lockout] then you're going to have to pay him back and probably with interest.
"I'm not going to influence them -- I'm going to give them my opinion," Calipari added. "These kids have to live with any of these decisions. I don't want a player coming back if his heart isn't into it or thought he should have left. Daniel Orton chose to leave [last year]; no one forced him out the door."
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