Duke’s Tyrese Proctor to skip senior season and jump to NBA draft

Duke guard Tyrese Proctor is entering the NBA draft and skipping his senior season The organization publicized Proctor s move in a social-media post Friday night The -foot- -pound junior from Australia was a three-year starter and one of Jon Scheyer s first incoming recruits when he took over for retired Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski Proctor who reclassified to get to college a year early in came on in the second half of his freshman season then was a complementary scorer averaging in double figures for the rest of his college career He also worked as a reliable defender a combination that could make him a achievable first-round pick Proctor averaged points while shooting a career-best from the field and from -point range this year to help Duke win a second Atlantic Coast Conference tournament title in Scheyer s three seasons and reach the Final Four His March Madness run included a two-game tear to start the NCAA Tournament in which he made of -pointers though he had quiet games in the Sweet win against Arizona and the loss to Houston in the national semifinals In a video posted to social media by the effort Scheyer disclosed it had been an incredible ride for Proctor and called him a steadying force on the floor It s time for him to chase that NBA dream Scheyer mentioned Freshman wing Kon Knueppel was the first Blue Devils player to announce an early jump to the NBA draft earlier this week Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top throughout the season Sign up here AP college basketball https apnews com hub ap-top- -college-basketball-poll and https apnews com hub college-basketball Source