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Pitt guard Johnson returns to practice, but is expected to redshirt

Dior Johnson is back at Pitt basketball practices, and per a release from university officials on Wednesday, he is expected to redshirt the 2022-'23 season.

"Pitt freshman guard Dior Johnson returned to practice this week and is expected to redshirt the 2022-23 season school officials announced Wednesday afternoon," the release said.

Johnson plead down to misdemeanors of simple assault and strangulation and was sentenced to a year of probation stemming from an domestic incident which occurred on Sept. 5 in Oakland. Prosecutors had sought two years' probation for Johnson, but he received one.