Jeremy Roach Withdraws from 2023 NBA Draft, Will Return to Duke for Senior Season

Duke guard Jeremy Roach announced on Instagram Monday that he was bypassing the NBA draft and returning to school for his senior season.

He'll join returning guard Tyrese Proctor and incoming 5-star recruits Caleb Foster and Jared McCain to give the Blue Devils arguably the deepest backcourt in the nation.

Roach, 21, averaged a career-high 13.6 points and 2.5 rebounds to go along with 3.1 assists per game last season, shooting 42.7 percent from the field and 34.3 percent from three. He was second on the Blue Devils in scoring behind center Kyle Filipowski (15.1 PPG).

With Filipowski also returning to school and Duke bringing in four 5-star recruits, the Blue Devils look poised to be a major threat after failing to get past the second round of the NCAA tournament this past year, a major disappointment for the school after it won the ACC tournament title and won 10 straight games before losing to Tennessee.

"I mean, it hurt," Roach told reporters. "We're not going to talk about last season, whatever. Obviously, we wanted to make it as far as we could, but I mean, it happens. It's March. It's a one-game season. I'm just proud of these guys for fighting through everything that we've been through—injuries, losses, tough losses. And we just kept battling adversity, staying on the court, so I'm just proud of these people."

Returning to school made plenty of sense for Roach. Sam Vecenie of The Athletic didn't list the Duke guard on his latest big board, which included 100 players, while B/R's Jonathan Wasserman didn't have him on his 50-player big board.

He also wasn't invited to the NBA Draft Combine, which is another indication that his draft prospects weren't great.

That means it's possible that Roach wouldn't have been selected at all if he declared this offseason, so going back to Duke for at least one more season to bolster his resume appears to be a wise decision.