Connecticut guard Kemba Walker confirmed he will skip his senior season to enter the NBA draft.
“There’s a lot of speculation about me going to the NBA,” Walker said as he began his press conference. “I want to confirm everything. I’ll be giving up my senior season and going on to the NBA.”
Walker thanked his teammates, his family and his coach.
“I want to thank coach (Jim) Calhoun for turning me into a man,” Walker said.
Walker averaged 23.5 points, 4.5 assists, and 4.5 assists in leading UConn to the national championship.
“He’s just completed the finest basketball season in the history of this university. One-hundred and eleven years, I believe it is,” Calhoun said. “He’s done everything humanly possible, in my opinion, that he could possibly do including a national championship.”