5 UA basketball suspensions announced

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Stefan Welsh and Courtney Fortson have been suspended indefinitely from playing on the Arkansas basketball team, while three other players were handed various suspensions, head Coach John Pelphrey announced Tuesday.

The suspensions for Welsh and Fortson were for unrelated violations of team rules. According to the news release from the university's athletic media relations office, the suspensions are separate from each other and a timetable for the players' return has not been determined.

Freshman Glenn Bryant will miss two games. Junior Marcus Britt will not play in the Razorbacks’ first six regular season games following two separate violations of team rules. Walk-on Nick Mason will not be on the team's dress roster for games during the fall semester.

All suspensions will be served concurrently starting with the Alcorn State game on Friday. In addition to the game suspensions, as previously outlined, team members have participated in supplemental mandatory educational programming, community service requirements and additional conditioning and training regimens.

“In the course of this process, we analyzed each student-athlete’s situation independently and made determinations based on each set of circumstances,” Pelphrey said. “We will continue to address disciplinary matters in a straight-forward manner and take action when players do not meet the expectations of conduct required of our student-athletes. Our program remains committed to representing the University of Arkansas, individually and collectively, in an appropriate manner.”

For more on this story, read the Wednesday edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

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BPigger says...

I'd post what I posted on a previous article but I'm sure "it" would be removed, too. How much farther can this once proud program fall? Stay tuned. More to come. SHAME.

November 10, 2009 at 5:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

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