Man it must suck to be a talented college basketball player during finals week.

It's bad enough that Marquette students don't have a "dead week" to prepare for that hellish stretch of exams, but seniors Jerel McNeal, Wesley Matthews and Dominic James really have to manage their time wisely.

Sure, Matthews' future probably isn't riding on how well he does in his stats class. But it is riding on how well he does in the individual workouts that will fill his next few weeks leading up to the NBA draft on June 25 at Madison Square Garden.

Think of it as a job interview. The guard trio will be traveling (not together) all over the country pimping themselves out to their potential employers in hopes of becoming one of 60 draft selections. Who will those employers be? Glad you asked.

Jonathan Givony, of draftexpress.com, said it is easy to predict which teams will work out some of the top players, because those players are expected to get picked in a certain range. Everyone expects Blake Griffin of Oklahoma to be the first pick, and there is no way he falls past No. 2. So why would teams other than Sacramento or Washington give him a workout?

The later into the draft players fall, however, the harder it is to predict where they will be selected, because these players are lesser known and therefore not as closely analyzed. Since McNeal, Matthews and James will likely be second-round picks, if they are drafted at all, where they are picked really comes down even more to team needs.

In other words, every team in the league would like a Blake Griffin, even if they already have a great power forward.

So what teams could use a Jerel McNeal, a Wesley Matthews or Dominic James? Well, Givony said draftexpress.com has the latter two going undrafted, but that he could see a team selecting them with the intention of sending them to develop in Europe for a few years.

"James isn't the biggest guy. He isn't a great shooter. He's been a little bit inconsistent throughout his career," Givony said.

Combine those attributes with James' amazing speed, quickness and athleticism and it is clear that he needs to go to a more up-tempo team that can hide his shooting woes but utilize his ability to run the full-court offense. How about Indiana, New York or Golden State, with 98.9, 99 and 101 possessions per game last season, respectively, according to espn.com?

As for Matthews, Givony called him a "Jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none kind of guy."

"He's not a great athlete. He's not a great shooter. But there's a couple of things he does pretty well," Givony said.

Two of the things he does well are get to the line and make his free throws. How about a slower-paced team thin at the two-guard like Charlotte, Toronto or Dallas?

McNeal's defensive skills and suddenly-improved range make him a little harder to project. "He's a shooting guard who is a little bit undersized," Givony said. "He can defend. He can shoot. Maybe not a great ball handler."

If McNeal intends to play the point in the pros he will likely have to be paired with a dynamic two-guard that has point skills. Maybe Portland, Philadelphia or Atlanta?

I'm excited already, aren't you? I can only imagine how McNeal, Matthews and James feel. It must be the same feeling you seniors have, waiting to get a call back about that job offer.

No? Well, keep trying. The world needs non-basketball players.