Hayes stays: Badgers star returning to UW for senior season

The best news in the Badgers basketball offseason has happened on a Tuesday in May.

Nigel Hayes has announced that he will return for his senior season at Wisconsin, and withdraw from the NBA draft. Hayes says he wants to play in the league someday, and he learned a lot during the workouts leading up to the draft, but that his goal is to help the Badgers win a championship next season.

Hayes has taken part in two Final Fours, a national championship game, and a Sweet 16 in his three years with the Badgers.

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