Arizona’s Deandre Ayton declares for NBA draft

Arizona freshman star forward Deandre Ayton is leaving the Wildcats for the NBA draft.

The 19-year-old made the announcement on his Twitter feed Wednesday.

The 7-foot-1, 260-pound Ayton average 20.1 points and 11.6 rebounds in his one season with Arizona.

He was named Pac-12 player of the year and helped the Wildcats to the both the ACC regular season and tournament titles.

The Wildcats’ season came to an end Thursday with a first-round 89-68 upset loss to No. 13 Buffalo.

Ayton had 14 points, 13 rebounds and one block in that loss, which will go down as his only NCAA Tournament game.

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