Sophomore center Robert Upshaw has been dismissed from the Washington Huskies for a violation of team rules, coach Lorenzo Romar announced on Monday. Upshaw was in the middle of a breakout season that had some mock drafts projecting the big man as a future first-round pick in the NBA.
Washington dismisses star center Robert Upshaw from basketball team
The Huskies have booted their top big man out of the program.
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Upshaw was on the court for the Huskies not even 24 hours before the school’s decision came down. He finished with 13 points, nine rebounds and five blocks in a 21-point loss to No. 12 Utah in Salt Lake City. He ends the season as the team’s third-leading scorer (10.9 points per game), leading rebounding (8.2 per game) and as the top shot blocker in the country with an average of 4.4 blocks per game.
The 7-foot, 250-pound center came to Washington after being dismissed from Fresno State in 2012, where he entered the program as a top-100 recruit in the class of 2012. He was a focal point in an impressive start for the Huskies during a season that saw the program hit the polls for the first time since the 2010-11 campaign.
Washington is 14-5 overall, and sixth in the Pac-12 at 3-4 in conference play.
Upshaw is currently ranked as the No. 20 player eligible for the 2015 NBA Draft by DraftExpress.
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