Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Tyrone Hanson learns not to mess with Mark Fox

Sophomore guard Tyrone Hanson is no longer a member of the Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team. Coach Mark Fox dropped the shooting guard from his squad after repeated team violations. Nevada also wasted no time in deleting Hanson from the official roster on the school web site.

Hanson had demonstrated outside-shooting ability in his brief stints last year and increased playing time was in the works for him in the upcoming season but no longer.

How does this impact the Wolf Pack? There may be some effect felt, although nothing dramatic, in 2007-2008 but Hanson certainly is replaceable.

Here is the beginning of the Reno Gazette Journal article on Hanson:

Nevada basketball: Fox removes Hanson from team
Steve Sneddon
Reno Gazette-Journal
October 31, 2007

Sophomore guard Tyrone Hanson, who was beaten and robbed at a Halloween party in Reno that ended in a triple homicide early Sunday morning, was dismissed from the Nevada basketball team.

Coach Mark Fox announced the dismissal in an emotional and unusual evening news conference Tuesday at Legacy Hall.

Fox said he did not remove Hanson from the team because he was involved in the fight. But, rather, because he was at the party in the first place.

"I held Tyrone out of a scrimmage for a violation of our policy," Fox said. "And he was directed to stay home Saturday night. He violated that direction."

Hanson, 20, of New York City, appeared in 30 games, all off the bench, and averaged 1.6 points and 1.0 rebounds in 8.1 minutes per game. He was one of nine letter winners who returned from last season.

He was held out of Saturday's closed scrimmage against Loyola Marymount.


Go here for the complete article.

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