Manny Harris Declares, Will Hire Agent

Excerpt from the Detroit Free Press:

Manny Harris confirmed this morning that he is leaving Michigan's basketball program for the 2010 NBA draft.

"After long discussions with the U-M staff and my family and friends, I have decided to pursue my dream of professional basketball and leave U-M early for the NBA," Harris said in a released statement.

Harris said at today's news conference he will hire an agent, meaning he can't pull out of the draft and return to school.

“I will always be a Michigan Wolverine at heart and bleed maize and blue forever,” the junior wing said in the statement.