Spring Break
Former basketball players move on from their Dog days
SAM STEINBERG
Issue date: 3/25/08 Section: Sports
Despite leaving the team in early January, Singleton is taking classes at the University and remains on athletic scholarship while receiving academic services provided by the Athletic Association.
As he moves on, Singleton is "weighing his options" between Division-I and Division-II schools for his final season of eligibility. If he transfers to a Division-I institution, he will have to sit out at least one semester before taking the court. If he goes to Division-II he could play immediately.
Singleton is using his former team's recent performance as inspiration for his workouts.
"If anything, it has turned it up," Singleton said.
Brown, who is an ocean away adjusting to his new professional team in Finland, also saw the Bulldogs' run.
"The run really shocked me, but I'm sure I wasn't as shocked as the rest of the teams in the SEC," Brown said through electronic correspondence.
Brown, who would have been a senior leader for the Bulldogs, is playing professionally with the Torpan Pojat. He has averaged 19 points, seven rebounds and 32:28 minutes per game in his first six games with the team.
Brown was Georgia's leading scorer last year. On Oct. 26, before last season began, Brown officially was released for "violation of team rules."
When Brown was suspended he faced a choice: finish his degree and virtually ruin any NBA chances or look for a place overseas. Brown chose the latter and embarked for his professional career.
"I know most people probably think I had bad blood toward the Bulldogs due to the circumstances which I left, but the truth is I've kept in contact with most of the players, and a coach or two since I left," Brown wrote. "In the end, it worked out for the best for myself and Georgia … I really couldn't ask for more."
Mercer, who was dismissed by Georgia in November for being a "disruption," has a fresh start of his own at the University of South Florida.
"I wanted to go somewhere where I could step in and play immediately," Mercer told The Red & Black last November when he transferred.
While things looked bleak for all three several months ago, Mercer, Brown and Singleton all have moved on and are proud of the Georgia team they left behind.
As he moves on, Singleton is "weighing his options" between Division-I and Division-II schools for his final season of eligibility. If he transfers to a Division-I institution, he will have to sit out at least one semester before taking the court. If he goes to Division-II he could play immediately.
Singleton is using his former team's recent performance as inspiration for his workouts.
"If anything, it has turned it up," Singleton said.
Brown, who is an ocean away adjusting to his new professional team in Finland, also saw the Bulldogs' run.
"The run really shocked me, but I'm sure I wasn't as shocked as the rest of the teams in the SEC," Brown said through electronic correspondence.
Brown, who would have been a senior leader for the Bulldogs, is playing professionally with the Torpan Pojat. He has averaged 19 points, seven rebounds and 32:28 minutes per game in his first six games with the team.
Brown was Georgia's leading scorer last year. On Oct. 26, before last season began, Brown officially was released for "violation of team rules."
When Brown was suspended he faced a choice: finish his degree and virtually ruin any NBA chances or look for a place overseas. Brown chose the latter and embarked for his professional career.
"I know most people probably think I had bad blood toward the Bulldogs due to the circumstances which I left, but the truth is I've kept in contact with most of the players, and a coach or two since I left," Brown wrote. "In the end, it worked out for the best for myself and Georgia … I really couldn't ask for more."
Mercer, who was dismissed by Georgia in November for being a "disruption," has a fresh start of his own at the University of South Florida.
"I wanted to go somewhere where I could step in and play immediately," Mercer told The Red & Black last November when he transferred.
While things looked bleak for all three several months ago, Mercer, Brown and Singleton all have moved on and are proud of the Georgia team they left behind.
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Younes Idrissi
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