The good vibes surrounding the South Carolina basketball team turned sour on Sunday, just minutes before their home game against FIU. Sindarius Thornwell, the team’s leading scorer, was suspended “indefinitely” for “a violation of athletic department policy”, per a terse media release sent out by the school. It’s not know what that “violation” is, or how long Thornwell’s suspended for, but the timing of it, and the suspension itself, is just plain bad.
How sudden was the suspension? Thornwell tweeted this out at 10:50 am:
The Gamecocks enter the contest against FIU at 7-0. Thornwell was the team’s leading scorer, averaging 18.