Caleb Love withdraws from 2024 NBA Draft, returning to Arizona for senior season

Arizona star Caleb Love has withdrawn from the 2024 NBA Draft and will return to Arizona for his final year of eligibility, according to his Twitter page.

OneLove…❤️ pic.twitter.com/8vnBWDgRGx

— Caleb Love (@caleb2love) May 29, 2024

He spent the first three seasons of his career at North Carolina before transferring to Arizona ahead of the 2023-24 season.

More info on Caleb Love and his college career

This past season, Love started all 36 games for the Wildcats. He averaged a career-high 18.0 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game while shooting 41.3% from the field and 33.2% from beyond the arc. For his efforts, he was named a semifinalist for the Naismith Trophy.

Love has been one of the most explosive scorers in the nation the past few years, but he’s also gone cold at some very important times. In Arizona’s 77-72 loss vs. Clemson in the Sweet 16, he scored 13 points, but went ice cold from beyond-the-arc. He only hit 5 of 18 shots from beyond-the-arc, and went 0-for-9 from three-point range. Against Long Beach State in the NCAA Tourney, Love scored 18 points, but did it on 3 of 12 shooting from long range.

One of his best performances in the regular season came against the Washington Huskies–where he erupted for 28 points, drilling five of ten shots from beyond-the-arc. He also connected on 9 of 19 shots from the field. His best performance of the 2024 season came on Jan. 27 against the Oregon Ducks. Love exploded for 36 points, hitting 12 of his 18 shots from the field and five of his eight attempts from beyond-the-arc. Arizona won that game, 87-78.

At North Carolina, Love appeared in 101 games over three seasons. He amassed 1,476 total points with the Tar Heels, earning honorable mention All-ACC honors in 2022 and 2023 while being selected to the ACC All-Freshman team in 2021.

Caleb Love played high school basketball at Christian Brothers College (MO), where he was a five-star prospect. He was the No. 14 overall recruit in the 2020 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. When he came out of high school, Love had an extensive number of scholarship offers from nearly every school in the country: Tennessee, Michigan, Oklahoma State, Indiana, Xavier, Texas, Louisville, Illinois, Virginia, Texas A&M, Purdue, Kansas, Florida, Marquette, Creighton, and others.

On3’s Grant Grubbs also contributed to this article.