Duke basketball's Seth Curry undergoes successful surgery on right leg

Duke basketball guard Seth Curry underwent successful surgery on the "right lower extremity injury" that he dealt with the entire season.

According to an official press release from the team, Curry will be out 10-12 weeks. That means Curry will likely miss the entire period before June 27's NBA Draft, in which he may be a late pick.

The injury was diagnosed before the season but Curry played through it, leading the Blue Devils with 17.5 points per game. After transferring from Liberty after his freshman season, Curry scored 1,394 in three seasons with the Blue Devils while practicing with the team during the the 2010 national championship run.

Thanks for all the love! Finally going to come back with 2 legs and better than ever

— Seth Curry (@sdotcurry) April 15, 2013

On a mission to get my right leg back #IThinkThatImKobe #CountOnHashtags #vicodingrams lol instagram.com/p/YIz9Tmy2_Y/

— Seth Curry (@sdotcurry) April 15, 2013

Curry was a first-team All-ACC selection by the league's coaches as the conference's second-leading scorer. He was also second in the conference in 3-pointers with 2.7 per game and a 43.4% clip from beyond the arc.

“Seth showed tremendous toughness, both mental and physical, this season while playing through the injury,” head coach Mike Krzyzewski said in the release. “He had an amazing season even though he was held out of a majority of our practices. This surgery will further stabilize the leg and help the healing process as Seth prepares for a bright professional career.”

The operation took place at Duke University Medical Center and was performed by Dr. Robert Zura, who was assisted by Dr. Claude T. Moorman, Duke's Director of Sports Medicine. Among Zura's clinical interests are "acute fractures of upper and lower extremities."