Bad Week for Players Named McCray: For the second time this week, a player named McCray has been kicked off his team. Nebraska sophomore guard Joe McCray will not play in the foreseeable future after coach Barry Collier suspended him indefinitely for violating team rules. Fellow McCray surname holder Chris McCray was cast off the Maryland Terrapins earlier this week after failing to make the grades during the first semester. The Terrapins announced that McCray is academically ineligible for the remainder of the season.
Nebraska’s McCray may return, but the decision is in Collier’s hands. He has already punished McCray twice this season for acting up, sitting him for the start of one game and the entire half of another. McCray led the team in scoring as a freshman last season, averaging 15.5 points per game. This season, however, his numbers are down to 9.8 points per game. [1/27/06]
