Syracuse basketball redshirt junior forward Elijah Hughes is officially done competing in Central New York.
The 6-foot-6 Hughes, who a month ago announced that he would test the NBA Draft waters but left open the possibility to come back for his last term with the Orange, told analyst Jeff Goodman that he will remain in the draft and not return to the ‘Cuse.
Once Goodman revealed this development via Twitter, Hughes responded with his own tweet, saying, “thank you orange nation from the bottom of my heart.”
Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic that has halted individual team workouts and likely the NBA Draft Combine as well, a sliver of hope emerged among Syracuse fanatics that Hughes might entertain one additional stanza with the squad.