MORE Bad News for Kelvin Sampson

[tornado]

Kelvin's top big man in next year's incoming recruiting class, a California kid named Eli Holman, a 6-10 center,
is not going to play basketball for the rest of the season.

Here's the reason...
He was out late Saturday night partying with friends, and went to a motel...
Already this just isn't sounding too smart, right??


Then two (mayeb three) different people who Holman cannot identify opened fire on the MERCEDES Holman was riding in, and Eli was struck by a bullet near his spine.
He is likely to recover, but won't return to school or play basketball.

Actually, Holman hadn't been playing because he was still serving a suspension from assaulting a referee in a game last season!
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/sports/16532790.htm
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=40353&adid=sports
http://www.insidebayarea.com/prepsports/ci_5066480

My guess is that there's a whole lot more to this story that we aren't being told, and I don't believe it is a totally innocent incident of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Maybe the kid is better off playing for Bob Huggins.

 

[real fan]

It says he will not be returning to school so how is he going to be elgilble.

 

[tornado]

The article says he will complete his senior year through homeschooling.

"Holman will finish high school through a home-study program."
http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=40353&adid=sports

 

[IlliBraves]

Icy welcome for Sampson at the Assembly Hall last night, Bruce Weber did not appear to exchange words and the Hoosiers lost to the Illini, after not scoring a basket for 17+ minutes.

 

[tornado]

I guess this doesn't qualify as bad news for Sampson, but it is for his former employer Oklahoma.

The officials from Oklahoma University will have to appear before the NCAA for the second successive spring.
This could become a yearly event, but don't look for anything more than a slap on the wrist as it always is for the BCS guys.