Beverley To Miss Season For Arkansas

Patrick Beverley, an up-and-coming college basketball player for the Arkansas Razorbacks, will miss the entire basketball season this year due to academic ineligibility. Last year the sophomore shooting guard averaged 12.1 points, 6.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists while starting 35 games. In his freshman season he averaged 13.9 points.

Clearly this is a big-time setback for the Razorbacks, who were hoping that Beverley would be the go-to guy on offense. Not only that, but Beverley was a better than average defender, and although he’s only 6-1, he has proven to be a force on the glass. Last year Beverley helped Arkansas win a first round game in the NCAA Tournament against Indiana. They later fell to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the second round. This year, the razorbacks were planning on another trip to the Dance, but id they re to get there again, it will have to be without one of their top players. There are some great players coming to the school this season, so it might turn out that they do just fine despite the setback.

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