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Likely lottery pick Brandon Ingram bolts Duke Blue Devils for NBA draft

Duke freshman Brandon Ingram announced Monday that he will enter the 2016 NBA draft.

The forward, who averaged 17.3 points per game in his only season for the Blue Devils, made the announcement in a goodbye letter posted on The Players' Tribune website.

"My time is almost over here in Durham. Today as I declare for the NBA draft, I'm both excited and sad about this moment," he wrote.

"On one hand, one year at Duke isn't a very long time. I know that. But I've done a lot of growing, and growing up, in that time.