As the heavily favored Kentucky got beaten by Oakland, the page is now flipping for guards Reed Sheppard and Rob Dillingham, who will test the NBA draft waters this June.

March Madness

While an early loss won’t reflect well on their college record, given that both are projected to be lottery selections, NBA teams are more likely than not to ignore this loss, and instead focus on the body of work the two put in during the regular season. There is, after all, much more data to draw on from those games.

As for the duo, neither played well. Dillingham went for 10 points and six rebounds in 28 minutes, with Sheppard collecting three points and four assists in 26 minutes.

It’s a tough way to go out, and NBA teams will surely ask both players what they’ve learned from that experience, when they interview them during the draft combine in May.