Alabama's Nick Pringle suspended for conduct detrimental to team
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama men’s basketball team will be without forward Nick Pringle due to a suspension, Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats announced on Friday.
“He’s suspended indefinitely for right now,” Oats said. “It’s just for conduct detrimental to the team. Nothing serious off-court or anything. It’s just in-house. There’s a standard that we want our guys to uphold, and he wasn’t upholding it. I still love Nick.
“Hopefully, he can get himself figured out and be back with the team shortly.”
Pringle has played in all of Alabama’s games so far this year and started the first six contests. However, he was replaced in the lineup by West Virginia transfer Mohamed Wague in the last game against Clemson. Pringle still played, though, and saw his highest minutes total of the season (21) in the loss to the Tigers. The 6-foot-10, 230-pound senior is averaging 6.0 points and 4.4 rebounds per game while shooting 81 percent from the field.
With Pringle likely out for the next game, other players will receive more playing time.
“All the guys off the bench are going to get a little bit better chance now,” Oats said. “I think he played 21 minutes last game, so if he can’t get back by Monday, those are 21 minutes that will get distributed. I think Mo Wague will get some. Sam (Walters) will have a chance to get some more minutes. Guys like Davin (Cosby) and Mo Dioubate will probably get a chance to get some minutes. They’ve both had good practices here lately.
“Yeah, I think everybody will have a chance to get some more minutes, and we’ll see how they do with the initial minutes they get to see how many more minutes they get throughout the game.”
The Tide will next host Arkansas State on Monday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. CT (SEC Network).
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