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Cited for underage alcohol violation - but...this news is only NOW being mentioned -
the incident was said to have happened in late January...six underage players from the team (freshman guard Todd Mayo, 20; junior guard Jake Thomas, 20; sophomore guard Vander Blue, 19; sophomore forward Jamail Jones, 19; freshman forward Juan Anderson, 18; and freshman guard Derrick Wilson, 20) were cited by police for underage alcohol violations - they cannot legally be at that bar while liquor is served - but as more info comes out - some sources are quesitoning if there are more than just this one violation....
it is now being said that some other event happened in February and perhaps another more recently .......
One even in Feb. also involved many other players on the team including their star Darius Johnson-Odom - who was not ticketed but who along with the other over-21 athletes - might have been served with citaitons if they were hosting the others of allowing them to drink...and were suspended for one half of a game in late February.
Only Thomas missed any games right after their initial underage alcohol violations - and he's redshirting anyway as a transfer - so he hasn't played all season.
Blue and Mayo have played every game and the others almost every game since.
Apparently some other violation caused Marquette head coach to hold three players out of HALF of one game in LATE February (Vander Blue, senior guard Darius Johnson-Odom and junior guard Junior Cadougan)..
Here's the AD's comment on the situation...not very long...
"Discipline was imposed through the team, the Athletic Department and the university,
"Since we have dealt with this issue, none of this prevents any of our players from participating in the NCAA tournament.
We are looking forward to Thursday??™s game.???
...AD Larry Williams
However - some reporters have quoted the school's athletic code as saying...
"The university's code of conduct says students are in violation of the university's alcohol policy if they are in the presence of or using alcoholic beverages."
and that this alone warrants some suspension of the athletes...
also -- the comments from the athletes on the police reports conflict - some say nobody was carding, others say they were carded and allowed in.
The bar manager said there was some "incident" outside the bar late that night...and the head coach simply says..
"Some of the commentary and some of the quotes and dates, I'm not sure how all that matches up,
but I'll do my absolute best to figure out how that's played itself out," Buzz Williams said.
"That's the only thing I'm going to say about that."..and that all the players will play....
the incident was said to have happened in late January...six underage players from the team (freshman guard Todd Mayo, 20; junior guard Jake Thomas, 20; sophomore guard Vander Blue, 19; sophomore forward Jamail Jones, 19; freshman forward Juan Anderson, 18; and freshman guard Derrick Wilson, 20) were cited by police for underage alcohol violations - they cannot legally be at that bar while liquor is served - but as more info comes out - some sources are quesitoning if there are more than just this one violation....
it is now being said that some other event happened in February and perhaps another more recently .......
One even in Feb. also involved many other players on the team including their star Darius Johnson-Odom - who was not ticketed but who along with the other over-21 athletes - might have been served with citaitons if they were hosting the others of allowing them to drink...and were suspended for one half of a game in late February.
Only Thomas missed any games right after their initial underage alcohol violations - and he's redshirting anyway as a transfer - so he hasn't played all season.
Blue and Mayo have played every game and the others almost every game since.
Apparently some other violation caused Marquette head coach to hold three players out of HALF of one game in LATE February (Vander Blue, senior guard Darius Johnson-Odom and junior guard Junior Cadougan)..
Here's the AD's comment on the situation...not very long...
"Discipline was imposed through the team, the Athletic Department and the university,
"Since we have dealt with this issue, none of this prevents any of our players from participating in the NCAA tournament.
We are looking forward to Thursday??™s game.???
...AD Larry Williams
However - some reporters have quoted the school's athletic code as saying...
"The university's code of conduct says students are in violation of the university's alcohol policy if they are in the presence of or using alcoholic beverages."
and that this alone warrants some suspension of the athletes...
also -- the comments from the athletes on the police reports conflict - some say nobody was carding, others say they were carded and allowed in.
The bar manager said there was some "incident" outside the bar late that night...and the head coach simply says..
"Some of the commentary and some of the quotes and dates, I'm not sure how all that matches up,
but I'll do my absolute best to figure out how that's played itself out," Buzz Williams said.
"That's the only thing I'm going to say about that."..and that all the players will play....
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