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UConn's Drummond to Enter NBA Draft

Drummond made the announcement Friday.

It's official.

freshman forward Andre Drummond has decided to leave UConn after one season and make himself available for the upcoming NBA Draft.

“My family and I feel that this is the right time for me to take the next step in my basketball career,” Drummond said Friday in a prepared statment. “It has always been a goal of mine to compete against the world’s best players and that is one of the big factors for me in making this decision," he said.


Drummond, a 6-10 center from Middletown, is expected to be a top five pick in the draft, according to the university.

“Andre is a developing player with unlimited potential and his projected position in the draft is as good as almost any player I’ve ever had,” UConn coach Jim Calhoun said in a prepared statement. “Very few players get such a tremendous opportunity, and he’s got to take advantage of it.”

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The NBA Draft takes place June 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ.


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