Bad News for Vols Fans

Today we have some unfortunate news to share with Tennessee Volunteers fans. Forward Emmanuel Negedu will not play any basketball this upcoming season. Apparently he’s been having some terrible healthy problems that required surgery. He suffered sudden cardiac arrest recently and will now require a chest monitor. This is bad news for Negedu and the rest of his team and the Tennessee fans out there. Bruce Pearl had this to say, according to the ESPN.com article about the event:

“Emmanuel is such a special young man. You don’t come across many like him. He’s faced a tremendously frightening obstacle with unbelievable courage. He is going to be an inspiration to many, and we all feel truly blessed that he’s still here with us.”

Pearl said it best. Let’s hope this guy makes it through alright. Here at the Final Four Blog, our thoughts are with you. We hope to see Emmanuel back out on the court someday when his health improves.

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Posted in General on October 9, 2009

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