Little did we know there would be more key decisions made in North Carolina over the weekend than just Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson or Wayne Ellington deciding whether to head to the NBA early.

For the record, Psycho T will be back in Chapel Hill for what likely will be a fourth All-American season, pulling a Tim Duncan and playing four seasons of college ball. Hansbrough, like Duncan, would have been a first-round pick each of the three seasons had he chosen to leave school before his senior season. Staying another year in college, breaking all the ACC records known to man, probably isn’t such a bad move for Hansbrough. And if Lawson and Ellington (neither have signed with an agent) do stay in the draft, maybe Hansbrough can give Roy Williams more than 22.6 points and 10.2 rebounds a game, finally convincing clouded scouts he’s the real deal and worthy of a lottery pick.

It didn’t take long for Hansbrough’s decision to be overshadowed in the Tar Heel state -- the Charlotte Bobcats made a surprising and sudden head coaching move, Johnny Dawkins said goodbye to Coach K to become the head man at Stanford, Danny Green added his name to the NBA Draft list, and as I predicted in the March-April issue of SportsUnlimited, East Carolina running back Chris Johnson made his way into the first round of the NFL Draft.

I would like to tackle each of these major occurrences one-by-one.

The North Carolina situation puts Williams behind the recruiting eight-ball. Sure, Hansbrough is back as his solid rock in the middle, but what does the UNC coach do between now and June 16 – the timeframe allowed before Lawson, Ellington and Green have to decide if they’re in or out of the NBA Draft? This is not similar to 2005 when it was almost certain Sean May, Raymond Felton, Rashad McCants and Marvin Williams would be leaving early as lottery picks. It’s very likely UNC’s 2008 trio won’t be taken in the top 15 of the draft, or even in the first round in the cases of Ellington and Green. And sure, Lawson is fast, but his shot is questionable. He’s certainly not as polished and NBA-ready as Felton was three seasons ago. Williams must hold on to three scholarships in case the trio returns, in essence playing both sides of the recruiting fence. And with more players than ever coming to college as one-and-done prodigies, prep stars want the promise of playing time, not the uncertainty of whether or not they’ll be playing second fiddle to guys pulling their names out of the NBA Draft at the last second. Stay tuned to this development.

There is little doubt Michael Jordan was an awesome talent on the basketball court – and is a front-office debacle off it. After spending a few seasons ruining the Washington Wizards into the ground, Jordan is back at it again with the Charlotte Bobcats, this time firing hand-picked coach Sam Vincent after just one season on the bench. Granted, the inexperienced Vincent didn’t exactly produce with a 32-50 record, but he also didn’t have injured former lottery picks Sean May and Adam Morrison all season. And if Vincent was really that bad a coach after one season, why in the heck did Jordan pick his buddy for the job in the first place? My guess is that Jordan and Charlotte owner Bob Johnson (another piece of work) are once again grasping at basketball’s version of proverbial straws, trying to turn around a club on the court that they both have failed to support miserably off it. Jordan couldn’t even show up to answer questions from the press as to why Vincent was canned. Fingers should be pointed all right – squarely at Jordan and Johnson for Charlotte’s continued downward spiral. Yeah right, Larry Brown is the answer. Try bringing back Moses. I heard he’s still looking for a job after parting the Red Sea. At least Moses would draw a few curious fans to a half-empty area.

Duke has lost some McDonald’s All-Americans the past few seasons after not fitting into Mike Krzyzewski’s system. Now, loyal assistant coach Johnny Dawkins is jumping ship. The former All-American point guard for Coach K in the mid-1980s is leaving Durham after 11 seasons on the bench with Krzyzewski to take over at Stanford. Good deal for the soft-spoken Dawkins, who is the alter ego of Krzyzewski. Who is going to hold back Krzyzewski on the bench now when he starts yelling at officials? High-strung assistants Chris Collins and Wojo? Dawkins is more than qualified to lead his own program and will likely be a success. Duke’s resume for a new assistant should include a likeable recruiter since the Dookies seemed to be slipping a bit in that category.

The Tennessee Titans must have seen the same thing in Chris Johnson that I did, taking him with the 24th overall pick as a complement to young QB Vince Young. Johnson is faster than fast, and can catch the ball out of the backfield, adding a twist to the Tennessee offense that has had little more then one-dimensional battering rams at the running back position. It’s going to be fun watching NFL defenses running around trying to catch Young and Johnson. The backfield blur, with enough playing time, might be in the hunt for AFC rookie-of-the-year honors this fall.