Ament would definitely go in the first round if he enters the draft. But would he go high enough to justify leaving the guaranteed earnings and role with the Vols?Even more, Ament could potentially elevate his draft stock for the 2027 draft, which has a lot less talent expected to be on the board than this year.“League front office executives tell me that his agency, LIFT Sports Management, is split on the decision because they believe that Ament could be the No. 1 pick in 2027,” The Ringer's Kevin O'Connor wrote. “If Ament falls outside of the lottery, he’d be playing for less money this year and potentially hurting his future earnings.”Mock drafts have Ament right on the fringe of the lottery (top-14) or just outside it.“For financial reasons it may make sense to return, and more importantly, for his own development to get one more year to improve physically and progress his skills,” O’Connor wrote.Ament put up 16.7 points per game for Tennessee as a freshman, but he was pushed around at times as he could still benefit from adding some strength, and he wasn't an efficient shooter.If he came out and had an All-American season as a sophomore, that definitely could push him up NBA boards next season.No decision has been made yet, but it's going to be one to watch.More college basketball news:Mikey Williams creates polarizing transfer prospectDuke's Cameron Boozer is taking his timeThe transfer portal has both 7-foot-9 and 7-foot-5 availableAndrej Stojakovic makes his transfer portal decisionHow D.J. Wagner went from Kentucky to Arkansas to Maryland