A decade ago, the Portsmouth Invitational was packed with every GM and NBA scout in the league. Regularly a few players there would sneak into the first round and many others would be taken in the second.

Over the past five years, however, the tournament has been in serious decline. The senior-only tournament is seen as a last-ditch effort to get noticed by agents and virtually all of the top seniors left skip it.

A huge number of seniors opted not to come this year, including Jimmer Fredette, Kenneth Faried, Nolan Smith, Justin Harper, JaJuan Johnson, Kyle Singler, Charles Jenkins, Keith Benson, Norris Cole, Demetri McCamey, Marshon Brooks, Jon Leuer, E'Twaun Moore, Jamie Skeen, Chandler Parsons and Jacob Pullen.

Lately NBA personnel have been following their lead. While scouts still come out in force, fewer GMs are attending the event and most of those that do come leave halfway into the event to get out to Portland for the Nike Hoop Summit.