When players skip NBA Combine scrimmages, they almost never come back to college and Meleek Thomas just skipped his.

One is a late first-round bubble player, another isn't in most boards and NBA Draft Combine in Chicago last shot to change that before deadline.

John Calipari made it clear first round means gone, second round means back for Meleek Thomas, Billy Richmond heading into combine week.

Arkansas guard Meleek Thomas declares for the NBA …

Arkansas basketball guard Meleek Thomas declared for the NBA Draft on Monday, but he intends to keep his college eligibility.

It's time for Arkansas basketball to make some moves in the transfer portal. Here are three questions for John Calipari to figure out over the next week.

Dive into our college basketball picks, odds, and expert predictions for the Arkansas vs. Arizona Sweet 16 matchup of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday, March 25.

Coach John Calipari has made a career of relying on freshman stars to make long NCAA Tournament runs so the fact that he's doing it again at Arkansas with Darius Acuff and Meleek Thomas should come as little surprise. For Arizona, it's been a bit of a change for coach Tommy Lloyd, the Wildcats have gone from being a veteran-laden team to one that revolves around a talented freshmen duo of Brayden Burries and Koa Peat.

Arkansas freshmen Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas were plotting their on-court relationship in chats while they still were recruits.