Unfortunately, the basketball career of our guy Jonathan Kabongo has come to a close due to injuriesFor more info, click 👇📝 » https://t.co/W66prfC7jf#StoneByStone | #Hokies 🦃 pic.twitter.com/jzoO2Qo1xQ— Virginia Tech Men's Basketball (@HokiesMBB) May 15, 2020
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Damn, that's terrible. Hope it's not anything that will keep him from pursuing whatever else he wants to do in the future.
Feel horrible for him. Bongo is a good kid who loved playing basketball.
I felt like this was enviable when the scholarship numbers didn't add up. I was hoping for a Wilkins situation but it seems like it's not in the cards.
If I remember correctly in these situations, Bongo is going to stay on a scholarship to finish his degree but won't count towards the 13 basketball scholarships.
This sucks.
I believe you are correct. The university can honor the player's scholarship but it wont count towards the numbers.
Definitely a bummer to see this, was excited to see him develop as a player.
Outside of basketball, I'd say he is a talented artist -- love the Hokie swag in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbusV_R0Q9c
You hate to see this but props to VT for honoring his scholarship.
Good luck to him in his future endeavors. Hopefully the medical issues only impact playing collegiate sports and not day-to-day life.
Kabong-NOOOOOOOO...
glad he is sticking around to finish degree. best of luck to him!
A true Hokie we will support forever. Life awaits for him. Sorry to see. Was hoping to see him play this year.
I hate this so much. Huntington Prep practices at Marshall's Rec Center, so I got to play pickup with Kabongo a couple of times. He was a nice, humble guy who was coming back from an injury and very excited to move forward.
Props to VT on honoring his scholarship, and I hope he uses his good attitude and spirit to do good after basketball.