Oladipo to leave IU for NBA

As had been widely speculated, junior guard Victor Oladipo announced Tuesday that he will forego his final season of collegiate eligibility at IU and enter the 2013 NBA Draft.
 
“It’s been an honor to play here in Indiana, to grow as a human being, as a man and as a basketball player, but I will be growing and going on and entering the NBA Draft,” Oladipo said. "It’s an honor. To be an Indiana Hoosier means so much to me, and I will always be an Indiana Hoosier. This is my home. I love this place.”
 
Oladipo — the first IU player to enter the draft early since Eric Gordon in 2008 — has yet to hire an agent, but Crean said that process will begin shortly.
 
Crean said they have heard no recent predictions that have Oladipo slipping out of the lottery range in the draft.
 
“I was hearing stuff and I was realizing that I had a good chance of getting to the NBA, but I was just focused on Indiana and wearing them candy stripes that I wasn’t really worried about anything else until the end of the year,” Oladipo said. “It seemed like the best decision was to go.”

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