Injured SMU star BJ Edwards to sit in First Four, won’t play after Mustangs said he would

SMU will probably be with out star guard BJ Edwards for his First Four matchup in opposition to Miami (Ohio) on Wednesday due to an ankle damage. Edwards, who’s SMU’s third-leading scorer, averaging 12.7 factors per sport, will miss his sixth consecutive sport as his workforce tries to advance to the primary spherical of the NCAA Tournament.

The information of Edwards being dominated out comes 5 days after the college put out an announcement on social media that Edwards was “expected to return” and will probably be out there for the NCAA Tournament, if the Mustangs had been chosen. Of course, SMU was tabbed as one of many “Last Four In” the sphere alongside Texas, NC State and Miami University.

This is the second consecutive 12 months there’s been drama centered round potential participant availability in the NCAA Tournament. Last 12 months, Iowa State introduced that star guard Keshon Gilbert would miss the NCAA Tournament simply after moments incomes a No. 3 seed. Gilbert, who was Iowa State’s main scorer, missed the ultimate sport of the Big 12 Tournament and didn’t play in the NCAA Tournament.

Communication between groups and the choice committee concerning accidents is just not unusual — each in phrases of transparency and the dearth thereof. Injuries can assist or damage groups relying on how the choice committee views every particular person state of affairs.

Case and level? West Virginia He was not noted of the NCAA Tournament final 12 months due to a significant participant damage. Committee Vice Chair Bubba Cunningham informed CBS that WVU’s exclusion was made as a result of star Tucker DeVrieswho was injured and missed the ultimate three months of the season, would not be out there.

The “First Four Out” of this 12 months’s NCAA Tournament had been Auburn, Oklahoma, San Diego State and Indiana.