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    • Duke, NBA Draft

    Duke sophomore Luke Kennard will enter the upcoming NBA Draft and will sign with an agent, the school announced.

    The 6-foot-6 Kennard is currently projected at No. 25 by DraftExpress.com.

    He is the third Duke player this offseason to declare for the Draft, following freshmen Jayson Tatum and Harry Giles. Duke also loses big man Amile Jefferson and guard Matt Jones to graduation, and forwards Sean Obi and Chase Jeter to graduation.

    Kennard, a consensus second-team All-American, led Duke in scoring with an average of 19.5 points per game while shooting .489 from the floor, .438 from outside the arc and .856 from the free throw line. His 722 total points on the year represented the 16th-best single-season total in program history, while his .438 three-point percentage ranked 10th on Duke’s single-season chart.

    Duke, Recruiting

    By NICK MEDLINE

    CHICAGO — Gary Trent Jr. wants to pitch the Duke program to undecided McDonald’s All-American players, including Mohamed Bamba, Trevon Duval and Kevin Knox. To Trent Jr., the Duke reputation speaks for itself.

    “Duke’s a great school and I love everything about it,” Trent Jr. said. “There’s nothing I can educate them on that they don’t already know. When you say Duke, it opens eyes. It has a long tradition. Everything about it is great for me, and I try to harp on that to the guys. Hopefully, they come to their senses as well.”

    Trent Jr. excelled in his own right at the McDonald’s All-American Game practice on Tuesday morning. The Napa (CA) Prolific Prep Academy shooting guard played some of the best defense in any session — guarding multiple positions with success and consistently forcing turnovers. He said this experience has helped him add precision to his game, matched by his excitement to participate in the event.

    Duke, NBA Draft

    Following a freshman season in which he emerged as one of the nation’s top multi-dimensional players, Duke forward Jayson Tatum will enter the 2017 NBA Draft.

    The 6-foot-8 Tatum is currently projected as the No. 4 pick by DraftExpress.com behind Washington’s Markelle Fultz, UCLA’s Lonzo Ball and Kansas’ Josh Jackson.

    Tatum is the 10th Duke freshman to declare for the NBA Draft, joining Corey Maggette (1999), Luol Deng (2004), Kyrie Irving (2011), Austin Rivers (2012), Jabari Parker (2014), Tyus Jones (2015), Jahlil Okafor (2015), Justise Winslow (2015) and Brandon Ingram (2016).

    Each of the previous nine Duke freshman in the draft was a first-round selection, including eight lottery picks.

    Duke

    Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski took a moment to share a final thought with his team following their stunning 88-81 loss to South Carolina in the East Regional in Greenville, S.C.

    Following their ACC Tournament championship last week in Brooklyn, where they won four games in four days, Duke looked like a hot pick to cut down the nets next month in Glendale, Az.

    But that won’t happen now. The season is over for the Blue Devils, and their roster will likely look drastically different when the 2017-18 season tips off.

    “Before you were able to come in there, I told them I love these guys,” Coach K said. “I’m proud of them. I’m disappointed that we didn’t win tonight. But at the end of the season I want my guys to either be crying because we’ve lost or crying because we’ve just won.”

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