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Cincinnati Dismisses Starting Guard Jizzle James From Men's Basketball Program

Coach Wes Miller attributed the decision to unspecified personal issues.

Overview

  • Miller said James was removed from the team last month and is not currently a member of the program, calling it a personal matter with no further comment.
  • James, an all-Big 12 honorable mention last season, averaged 12.7 points and started all 35 games as a sophomore.
  • The sophomore guard arrived as a 4-star recruit in 2023 and had been viewed as one of the Big 12's top returning players.
  • Reporting from 247Sports cited social-media posts that appeared to show James expressing a desire to leave and an argument with a teammate, which the program has not addressed.
  • Cincinnati has missed the NCAA tournament in each of James' two seasons, leaving the Bearcats to replace their primary ballhandler heading into next season.