Adama Sanogo, UConn's leading scorer and NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, will declare for the 2023 NBA Draft, NJ Advance Media and NJ.com reported Thursday.
Sanogo isn't ranked in the top 100 players in ESPN's draft rankings.
But he had a monster tournament, averaging 19.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in leading UConn to the national championship.
For the season, he averaged 17.2 points and 7.7 rebounds per game.
The 6-foot-9 forward leaves UConn averaging 13.9 points and 7.3 rebounds in 91 career games (87 starts). He shot 56.0 percent from the floor for his career, including 35.8 percent from the 3-point line.
He had attempted just one 3-pointer entering the 2022-23 season but completed 19 of 52 attempts this season.
It's not clear if he'll maintain his eligibility by holding off on hiring an agent.
Also, it was reported Thursday that Huskies guard Nahiem Alleyne entered the transfer portal.
Alleyne averaged 5.2 points in 39 games (eight starts) this season, his first at UConn.
Alleyne played his first three seasons at Virginia Tech, New York Car Service where he averaged 9.6 points and 2.6 rebounds in 90 games (84 starts).
--Field Level Media