Friday, February 20, 2009

A little more on Tyrone Hansen's latest departure

Chris Murray has talked with Tyrone Hansen's latest former coach.

Hanson's dismissal from JC team 'very similar' to Nevada situation
Chris Murray
Reno Gazette-Journal
February 20, 2009


Former Nevada basketball player Tyrone Hanson was given a second chance at Nevada and threw it away. He was given a second chance at Arkansas-Fort Smith and did the same.

Hanson, who was kicked off the Wolf Pack in October 2007, was dismissed from his junior college team earlier this month for nearly an identical transgression.

"It was a very, very similar situation that occurred at Nevada," his JC coach, Josh Newman, said Thursday, declining to provide the exact rule he violated.

Prior to last season, Nevada coach Mark Fox removed Hanson from the Wolf Pack when the sophomore went to a Halloween party after being instructed not to go out that night -- his second violation of team rules (the first was a positive marijuana test, which resulted in him being suspended from a scrimmage). Hanson was beaten and robbed at the Halloween party, which resulted in a triple homicide...

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