Well, that was anticlimactic.

Although most experts had speculated for days that freshman Josh Selby would not return to the Jayhawks, the announcement was made official Thursday afternoon, when Selby (@joshselby32) tweeted that he'd be leaving Kansas to enter the NBA draft.

"I want to thank all the ku fans who supported me through everything and all the fans who doubting me. I will miss the the fieldhouse," he wrote. "But it's a new journey in my life now. I will not return to Kansas next year. Making my dream a reality. NBA baby."

Selby was the No. 1 overall recruit in the class of 2010, but he was suspended for the first nine games of the season and had a disappointing freshman campaign plagued by injury and inconsistency. He averaged 8.7 points for the season, but failed to score in double figures once after missing three games in early-to-mid February.

“I never coached a kid that went through as much stuff his freshman year as Josh has," Kansas coach Bill Self said, "everything from a broken hand to a nine-game suspension to missing 20 practices and a stress reaction in his foot later in the season that limited his movement for the remainder of the season."

Self said reports have been that Selby has played at a very high level during workouts in Las Vegas throughout the last week.

"For him to deal with the injury was tough on him but he feels good now and should be 100 percent and back to the explosive guy that he is as he works out for NBA teams," Self said.

Experts project Selby as a late first round pick.

— Edited by Helen Mubarak