Kyle Singler ended the mystery Monday whether he would go pro or not, Singler's staying at Duke."I love being here at Duke and am excited about next year," Singler said in a statement released by Duke University. "I had two great options in front of me, but I did not want to miss out on all of the great things to come in a senior season."
"I am looking forward to coaching Kyle in his senior year and seeing him develop more as a player and as a leader," Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in a statement.
Singler's stock rose throughout the year with seventeen 20 point games and then got a bump from his performance at the NCAA Tournament leading the Blue Devils to their 4th national title.
Singler staying softens the blow of losing outgoing seniors Jon Scheyer, Brian Zoubek and Lance Thomas, but it also pretty much guarantees that Duke will be the pre-season favorite to win the ACC and ranked in the at or near the top of the pre-season polls.
"I have to think that it puts them pretty high in the pecking order," ACC television analyst and FOSG Dan Bonner told the Greensboro News-Record on Singler's return. "Definitely I would say a preseason top 10. Obviously they lost Jon Scheyer, and they don't have Zoubek (or Thomas). Those are three pretty important guys, and I don't think you can automatically say that makes them a Final Four pick because those are significant losses and they'll have to deal with that."
Here's one of our favorite Kyle Singler moments, when he took out Dan Shulman from the 4-letter at the ACC Tournament Final.
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