PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- Imagine if you were one of the players at the Portsmouth Invitational, or a player who assumed he'll get drafted and in turn chose to skip the camp. Reality won't hit for three months when you're passed up in the first round.

"They all think they'll get drafted,'' UW-Milwaukee's Clay Tucker said.

That's true. Some of the players who were in Portsmouth do have a false sense of their draft status. That's partly because there weren't any foreign players or underclassmen at the camp. They are also just coming off a season where they were treated like kings on their respective campuses.

"We're treated like rock stars at Kentucky,'' said Kentucky's Jules Camara. "It's a reality when you come here. I know I have to work hard to get to the NBA. This is the real world, not Kentucky.''

The perception that these all college stars will get drafted is warped. Unfortunately, these players don't learn that lesson until they don't hear their name drafted in the first round, or at all, in late June.

"There is a misconception out there,'' Mississippi State's Derrick Zimmerman said. "But it's really hard to judge players on this type of camp because it's so up and down. But there is a feeling among the players that everyone is going to be drafted. None of them think about the high school, JC or foreigners coming in. A number of high major players don't think they need to be here. I had to come to prove myself.''

Players will get there shot to show they should be in the first or second round through individual workouts, and then the Chicago pre-draft camp. But the Portsmouth Invitational usually is the first step in the humbling process for this past season's stars.

"These tournaments put everything in perspective,'' said Kent State's coach Jim Christian as he watched Antonio Gates, who dominated the MAC the past two seasons. "There are only 29 first-round picks and these seniors never factor in underclassmen, foreigners or high school players. You come here and you see how hard it is to get drafted.''

So who will make it?

After an informal poll of NBA teams, the likely pool of first-round candidates was narrowed to 52, a group that will be vying for those 29 coveted spots at the NBA draft on June 26.

American college players better get used to the foreign invasion as well. As many as 15 foreign players could be selected in the first round. Last year, there were five.

The names that college players and NBA fans better brush up on:
1. Darko Milicic, 7-1, Yugoslavia
2. Zoran Planinic, 6-6, Croatia
3. Boris Diaw, 6-8, France
4. Michael Pietrus, 6-6, France
5. Zarko Cabarkapa, 6-11, Yugoslavia
6. Victor Khryapa, 6-9, Russia
7. Anderson Varejao, 6-10, Brazil
8. Sofoklis Schostanitis, 6-9, Greece
9. Zaur Pachulia, 6-11, Turkey
10. Aleksander Pavolic, 6-7, Yugoslavia
11. Kosta Perovic, 7-2, Yugoslavia
12. Pavel Podkolzin, 7-4, Russia
13. Carlos Delfino, 6-7, Argentina
14. Slavco Vranes, 7-6, Yugoslavia
15. Edu Hernandez, 7-0, Spain

Milicic is likely the No. 2 or No. 3 pick. Varejao and Pietrus are likely lottery picks. The rest of the that list could go at some point in the first round.

The seniors that are locks for the first round:
16. Kirk Hinrich, G, Kansas
17. Nick Collison, F, Kansas
18. Reece Gaines, G, Louisville
19. Josh Howard, F, Wake Forest
20. Brian Cook, F, Illinois
21. David West, F, Xavier

The seniors who are likely first-round picks:
22. Ron Slay, F, Tennessee
23. Dahntay Jones, G, Duke

The seniors who are on the first-round bubble:
24. Kyle Korver, F, Creighton
25. Marcus Hatten, G, St. John's
26. Troy Bell, G, Boston College
27. Hollis Price, G, Oklahoma
28. Chris Marcus, C, Western Kentucky
29. Luke Walton, F, Arizona
30. Jason Kapono, F, UCLA
31. Marcus Banks, G, UNLV

The two seniors who came out of Portsmouth with a buzz that they could be first-round picks:
32. Tommy Smith, F, Arizona State
33. Jerome Beasley, F, North Dakota

Underclassmen expected to declare or have declared who would be in the first round:
34. Carmelo Anthony, Fr., F, Syracuse (undeclared)
35. T.J. Ford, So., G, Texas (undeclared)
36. Chris Bosh, Fr., F, Georgia Tech (undeclared)
37. Chris Kaman, Jr., C, Central Michigan (undeclared)
38. Mario Austin, Jr., F, Mississippi State (declared)
39. Dwyane Wade, Jr., G, Marquette (undeclared)
40. Luke Ridnour, Jr., G, Oregon (undeclared)
41. Michael Sweetney, Jr., F, Georgetown (declared)
42. Rick Rickert, So., F, Minnesota (declared)
43. Jarvis Hayes, Jr., F, Georgia (declared)

All but Ridnour and Rickert on this list would be in the lottery.

Undeclared underclassmen that would be on the bubble for the first round:
44. Maurice Williams, So., G, Alabama
45. Jameer Nelson, Jr., G, Saint Joseph's
46. Chris Thomas, So., G, Notre Dame

Declared underclassman that would be on the bubble for the first round:
47. Carl English, Jr., G, Hawaii

Undeclared high school player who would be the No. 1 pick:
48. LeBron James, G, Akron, Ohio

High school player who would be in the first round if he declared:
49. Travis Outlaw, F, Starkville, Miss.

High school players who would be on the bubble for the first round if they declared:
50. Kendrick Perkins, F, Beaumont, Texas
51. James Lang, F, Birmingham, Ala.
52. Ndudi Ebi, F, Houston, Texas

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