University of South Carolina senior center Antoine Tisby, coming off his best game of the season and one of the best of his career, has been suspended and his college career is “likely” over, coach Dave Odom said Monday.
The 6-foot-8, 237-pound Tisby won’t play Tuesday night when USC (19-15) travels to Tallahassee, Fla., to face Florida State (20-9) in the second round of the NIT or probably again if the Gamecocks advance in the tournament, Odom said. “I would not think that he would be back with us,” Odom said. “It’s not likely that he would be back.”USC’s official news release said Tisby was suspended for a violation of team policy, but asked if he faced legal issues, Odom said, “No, no. I think it said academic, didn’t it? It’s a university deal.”
This isn’t the first time Tisby has been suspended. Odom suspended him this season against Wofford after Tisby overslept and missed practice. Last year, Tisby didn’t play in USC’s exhibition game or its opener because of what Odom called “time management” problems. Later, Tisby was suspended for three games for undisclosed reasons. Tisby’s absence leaves USC with eight scholarship players and without a true post player. Ousmane Konate (ankle) and Keving Palacios (broken foot) are out with injuries.
Talk about bad timing…..I can only hope that some “black magic” will help us get past a good FSU team…..
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