Johnny Hamilton Suspended for Undisclosed Period Because of Academic Performance

Hokies are down a big.

By: Joe Lanza @thekeyplay
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on December 5, 2015, 12:39 PM | 6 comments
[Mark Umansky]

Virginia Tech announced Johnny Hamilton is suspended. Buzz Williams and the athletic department released a short statement via Twitter.

"Head coach Buzz Williams and VT Athletics have suspended junior center Johnny Hamilton from game competition for an undisclosed period until his academic performance improves."

Hamilton transferred to Virginia Tech from Jacksonville College, a junior college in Jacksonville, Texas. Hamilton played in all 7 of the Hokies' games thus far this season, and he's averaged 4.1 points, 4.1 rebounds with 12 blocks in 75 minutes on the court.

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2015-2016 Men's Basketball Season
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HokiesFTW123's picture HokiesFTW123 | 10 years 7 months #

Sucks, but props to Buzz for holding players accountable. Hopefully Hamilton can get himself together and we get to see him by ACC play.

In Sam Rogers we trust.

MVhokie69's picture MVhokie69
| 10 years 7 months #

I really thought he'd be are best big man by far by the end of the season. Hopefully this can somehow be fixed quickly because it's hurting the team.

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Danny Coale Is My Spirit Animal's picture Danny Coale Is My Spirit Animal
DRIVES THE FURY ROAD
| 10 years 7 months #

Well, that's totally not what we need. But I guess on the bright side we are actually suspending players instead for academic reasons instead of going by the UNC way of academic excellence.

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Jander75's picture Jander75 | 10 years 7 months #

Good for Buzz, glad to see a Student Athlete being held to standards

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VT_Fencer's picture VT_Fencer | 10 years 7 months #

At least Satch looked to be somewhat improved during the Northwestern Game, and we also have Blackshear this go around.

The Orange and Maroon you see, that's fighting on to victory.

FreewayIV's picture FreewayIV | 10 years 7 months # ^

Agreed. I suspected something was up when Hamilton played so little and was pulled so quickly when it seemed like we really could've used his presence vs Northwestern.

Glad Pierce stayed prepared and looked ready to go. Hamilton blocked a lot of shots in limited minutes hopefully Henry can give us some of that in the meantime.