College Basketball: WKU and Mitchell Robinson story gets interesting

Mitchell Robinson has been suspended from the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, and it looks like he will not participate in the 2017-18 college basketball season.

Many scratched their heads when five-star Class of 2017 recruit Mitchell Robinson decided to choose the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers over several other college basketball programs in better conferences.

Western Kentucky, a school that plays basketball in Conference-USA, is a solid program and a good college, but it still does not make sense that they would snag a five-star recruit from outside the state. That rarely happens in college basketball, especially when five-star recruits usually have the option to play overseas and get paid for a year if they do not wish to play at a big-name college basketball program.

Now, it is being reported that Robinson has been suspended from the Hilltoppers for a violation of team rules after he left the university two weeks into summer school. It is likely that the 7’0, 222-pound center will transfer or head off to play overseas before going to the NBA Draft.

That being said, I was excited to see what Robinson would do at WKU, and it is disappointing that C-USA did not get the extra attention it deserved. However, this should be about what is best for the student-athlete, and, clearly, WKU was not what Robinson wanted to do.

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The most underrated loss from the whole Western Kentucky/Robinson mess is that we now will not get to see one of the most exciting NBA prospects play in the 2017-18 college basketball season.