Clemson's Jennings suspended

  • Travis Sawchik
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  • Posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:01 a.m.
    UPDATED: Friday, March 23, 2012 5:50 p.m.
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CLEMSON -- Pinewood Prep product Milton Jennings has been indefinitely suspended from the Clemson men's basketball team due to a "failure to comply" with the team's academic standards.

Coach Brad Brownell made the announcement Monday.

Jennings did not travel with the team to Charlottesville, Va., where Clemson (11-9, 3-3 ACC) will play No. 16 Virginia (17-3, 4-2) tonight in a key ACC game.

Jennings is averaging a career-best 8.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per game as a junior.

Jennings arrived to Clemson in 2009 as a five-star prospect and the program's first McDonald's All-American since Sharone Wright signed at Clemson in 1991.

The loss hurts size-starved Clemson and could mean an uptick in minutes for reserve center Bobo Baciu and reserve forward Bryan Narcisse.