Emoni Bates might miss Memphis basketball's game at Cincinnati on Thursday (6 p.m., ESPN2), but don't correlate the freshman's possible absence to his standing within the program, his father told The Commercial Appeal.
Elgin Bates batted down a Bleacher Report report published late Tuesday that suggested his son's status with the Tigers had "suddenly come into question." The report cited anonymous sources.
"I have no clue what that's about," Elgin Bates said in a text message. "(Emoni) has an appointment to see a specialist back home about his back. He's been having pain the past three weeks and we're going to figure out what's going on.