Jared Sullinger Will Declare For 2012 NBA Draft, According To Report

Ohio State has announced that they will hold a press conference with Jared Sullinger at 2:15 on Wednesday afternoon. Sullinger and All-American who was perceived as a top five pick in last year's NBA Draft, returned for his sophomore season for another shot at a national title. That run came to an end on Saturday night with the Final Four loss to Kansas, and now we will find out this afternoon if a third year is in the future:

Via Dan Wallenberg of Ohio State's Athletics Department:

We will stream live Jared Sullinger's press conference today at OhioStateBuckeyes.com. It is scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m.

— Dan Wallenberg (@OSUADAthComm) April 4, 2012

Jeff Goodman of CBS is reporting that the press conference will be to announce that Sullinger is indeed declaring for the 2012 draft:

Jared Sullinger will announce he is leaving Ohio State for NBA at 2 pm today. No surprise at all.

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanCBS) April 4, 2012

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