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Post by efg72 on Dec 2, 2019 18:45:56 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – Georgetown University men’s basketball players James Akinjo and Josh LeBlanc will not be playing for the men’s basketball team effective immediately and will not be members of the team for the remainder of the season, Head Coach Patrick Ewing announced today.
Akinjo appeared in seven games this season, averaging 13.4 points per game and tallied 31 assists.
LeBlanc appeared in six games this season, averaging 7.2 points and 2.7 rebounds per game.
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Post by hchoops on Dec 2, 2019 18:56:11 GMT -5
Which happened first ?
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Post by efg72 on Dec 2, 2019 19:01:50 GMT -5
Don’t know
Plenty of rumors
Have a call into the OOP
But unlikely he will share if internal
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Post by efg72 on Dec 2, 2019 20:49:33 GMT -5
Not good and more to come
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 2, 2019 21:19:31 GMT -5
There is potentially a third player. Two of the three have legal problems, not NCAA-related.
One of those who has entered the portal does not have legal problems, but apparently wants out.
Now up to four players, three of whom have legal problems. The legal problems are temporary restraining orders issued against them by DC Superior Court.
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Post by efg72 on Dec 2, 2019 21:25:07 GMT -5
Court injunction against LeBlanc and Alexander by a young lady-I am not posting her name and the tweet was deleted about 15 minutes ago.
Event Nov 5, injunction Nov 20
Allegedly an attack
Alexander was not tossed but Akinjo and LeBlanc were —very confusing
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Post by efg72 on Dec 2, 2019 21:27:14 GMT -5
Court date Feb 7
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Post by bison137 on Dec 2, 2019 21:28:49 GMT -5
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 2, 2019 21:28:55 GMT -5
Court injunction against LeBlanc and Alexander by a young lady-I am not posting her name and the tweet was deleted about 15 minutes ago. Event Nov 5, injunction Nov 20 Allegedly an attack Alexander was not tossed but Akinjo and LeBlanc were —very confusing Gardner is the fourth. DC case 2019 CA 007444. Akinjo has no legal problems, the other three do. |
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Post by efg72 on Dec 2, 2019 21:33:05 GMT -5
Case 2019 CA 7301 in DC Court signed by Senior Judge John Mott
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Post by efg72 on Dec 2, 2019 21:44:21 GMT -5
Georgetown’s chances to make it back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015 took a major hit on Monday, as James Akinjo and Josh LeBlanc are no longer members of the team.
According to court documents obtained by NBC Sports, a Georgetown student accused Myron Gardner, a 6-foot-6 freshman from Detroit, of “sexual harassment and assault on September 15th at my home,” adding that the following day her home was allegedly burglarized by Gardner, LeBlanc and Galen Alexander. The victim reported the assault and the burglary to both the DC police and the Georgetown police.
After allegedly being threatened and harassed by the three players in an effort to keep her from reporting the incident, the court granted her a temporary restraining order on November 12th against Gardner, LeBlanc and Alexander. She has not yet had her court date to receive a preliminary injunction.
The victim’s roommate separately filed for a temporary restraining order against LeBlanc and teammate Galen Alexander on Nov. 5th. On Nov. 20th, the court granted a preliminary injunction against LeBlanc and Alexander.
LeBlanc did not play in Georgetown’s Nov. 6th game against Mount St. Mary’s, the season opener. He has played at least 11 minutes, and averaged 19.2 minutes in every game since.
The victim accused LeBlanc of “burglary and threats to do bodily harm if I reported this incident,” adding that “Joshua and his friends stole items from my house” on September 16th and that he threatened them physically and “continued to threaten me verbally and via text message in the following week.”
Akinjo is not named in either complaint.
Georgetown has not acknowledged any punishment levied against Alexander.
“Georgetown University men’s basketball players James Akinjo and Josh LeBlanc will not be playing for the men’s basketball team effective immediately and will not be members of the team for the remainder of the season,” head coach Patrick Ewing announced in a statement on Monday.
Both players are in the transfer portal.
Akinjo was averaging 13.4 points, second on the team, while LeBlanc was averaging 7.2 points.
Georgetown knocked off then-top 25 Texas in MSG in the first round of the 2K Classic in November.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 2, 2019 21:54:03 GMT -5
I think once they entered the transfer portal, they were booted from the team. There is a second complainant against Gardner.
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Post by Ignutz on Dec 2, 2019 22:10:47 GMT -5
Given the apparent makeup of a number of G’town basketball players over the past 20+ years, this is really not that surprising.
It seems that they’ve often been willing to look the other way re: character if that’s what’s been necessary to get higher-talent players.
No thank you.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 2, 2019 22:14:21 GMT -5
LeBlanc's and Akinjo's bios are already taken down. Alexander is a junior, playing his first season with the Hoyas. He spent a year at LSU, transferred to Jones County Community College in Mississippi. From the community college to GU. Gardner is a freshman.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 3, 2019 7:13:02 GMT -5
How does one have two years in college and start again as a freshman at GU?
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Dec 3, 2019 7:32:27 GMT -5
Given the apparent makeup of a number of G’town basketball players over the past 20+ years, this is really not that surprising. It seems that they’ve often been willing to look the other way re: character if that’s what’s been necessary to get higher-talent players. No thank you. A very broad characterization. Can you back it up with examples? |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 3, 2019 7:51:48 GMT -5
How does one have two years in college and start again as a freshman at GU? He is listed as a junior on the roster. The other player is a freshman. (These are the two players still on the roster.) |
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 3, 2019 8:43:50 GMT -5
Thanks. It got a bit hard to follow.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Dec 3, 2019 9:45:11 GMT -5
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Post by Ignutz on Dec 3, 2019 9:48:37 GMT -5
Given the apparent makeup of a number of G’town basketball players over the past 20+ years, this is really not that surprising. It seems that they’ve often been willing to look the other way re: character if that’s what’s been necessary to get higher-talent players. No thank you. A very broad characterization. Can you back it up with examples? You’re probably right. I don’t have any specific examples, but rather have sensed over the years that some of their players may have been cut from the same cloth as football players from “the U” and football and basketball players from U Cincy. Shame on me if I’m over-generalizing and besmirching good men. I’ll also give credit to Patrick Ewing for addressing the issue right away and forcefully. |
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Post by Tom on Dec 3, 2019 9:57:01 GMT -5
In this day and age, it's actually kind of nice to see a major sports program discipline this kind of behavior
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Post by lou on Dec 3, 2019 10:02:18 GMT -5
I'm not following all this very closely, but kids enter the portal, they're history. Also sounds like some very serious accusations, doubt the institution had too many other options in the handling of those involved
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Post by rf1 on Dec 3, 2019 11:34:03 GMT -5
Could not have happened to a more deserving program.
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Post by rgs318 on Dec 3, 2019 11:36:12 GMT -5
I wonder if they might find their way to Fairfield? ...or Illinois?
I hope a Jesuit institution would have more sense (and integrity) than that.
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Post by sader1970 on Dec 3, 2019 11:39:08 GMT -5
Well, maybe Syracuse, UNC, Louisville, anywhere Calipari coaches, . . . . . . you get it.
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