A look back at the week that was in college basketball. Chances are, the next edition of this will include some unusual early entrants into the NBA Draft.

Good move: Brandon Rush and Darrell Arthur get while the getting is good. Few things help a guy's draft stock like a national championship. There's no word yet on whether Mario Chalmers will follow his teammates' lead, but the Jayhawks had to figure these two guys were good as gone a long time ago. And chances are, they'll both benefit nicely from their decision.

Wise move: Earl Clark returns to Louisville. Saying Louisville will be a top-10 team isn't quite so outrageous now that Clark is back in the fold. The forward came on late in the season and led the Cardinals in scoring in their three NCAA tournament victories. His presence will alleviate some of the pressure on Louisville's posse of incoming frontcourt recruits, and an extra year in school will probably mean greater financial security in the long-term if he continues to build on a solid sophomore year.

Good move: Frank Martin finally signs his contract. And in the same week Michael Beasley skips skip town, too. That's a heck of a coincidence. There was no reason for the first-time head coach to tempt fate quite this long, but at least he's finally locked in for four more years in Manhattan.

Bad move: Oklahoma State plays what looks like a zero-sum game. Travis Ford could be a great hire, and Massachusetts did well to keep him away from Louisiana State and Providence. But the Pokes were looking to use T. Boone Pickens' money to get Bill Self and wound up with a guy who's been to the NIT the last two years --- just like Sean Sutton, the guy who was pretty much forced out a few weeks back. Oklahoma State might have a better coach, but they're paying more money for a similar resume (along with a buyout to the old coach). And then there's that whole "antagonizing the Sutton family" deal. Is all that tumult worth it?

Good move: Providence hits the jackpot. Well, the Friars did pretty well for themselves in the end, wiping egg off their face twice and coming up with the national coach of the year in Keno Davis to replace Tim Welsh. It is true Providence has much of its team returning from last year, when it can proudly say it did better than St. John's, South Florida, Rutgers and DePaul and actually made the Big East tournament.

The inherent danger is the school has set itself up to be a stepping stone, but that wasn't such a horrible thing when Rick Pitino, Rick Barnes and Pete Gillen all busy producing competent, pesky teams in the 1980s and 1990s before moving on. Better to have three years of a good coach than six years of a middling one.

--- Patrick Stevens