The dude deserved it, plain and simple.
It’s been a bad season for the Arizona State men’s basketball program, and things just got a lot worse as they have been forced to kick their top scorer BJ Freeman off the team. The school announced the decision after several on-court incidents involving Freeman. (RELATED: IU Indianapolis Basketball Team’s Bus Gets Engulfed In Flames On Trip Back Home — The Photos Are Insane)
Starting his college basketball career at UW-Milwaukee, Freeman averaged 13.7 points-per-game for the Sun Devils this season. The numbers are stellar for a college kid, however, his performance has been completely overshadowed by his antics.
During a Jan. 4 home game for Arizona State against Colorado, Freeman was ejected from the contest after being given a Flagrant 2 foul due to seemingly knocking a Buffaloes player in the groin area.
Arizona State guard BJ Freeman was assessed a flagrant 2 foul and ejected for what seemed to be his defensive contact on this possession.
Was this ejection justified??? 🤔@DevilsDigest pic.twitter.com/qaq3sqmvCm
— Jakob Brooks (@Jakobrooks) January 5, 2025
Only weeks later, Freeman was slapped with another ejection in a home defeat against rival Arizona after he headbutted their star guard Caleb Love.
Caleb Love has been ejected after a confrontation with Arizona State’s BJ Freeman. pic.twitter.com/sQx2iMjblB
— CBS Sports College Basketball 🏀 (@CBSSportsCBB) February 1, 2025
After being ejected not once, but twice, Arizona State hit Freeman with a suspension and he would miss the Feb. 9 loss at Oklahoma State.
Since then, there’s been tension between Freeman and ASU, and it’s now escalated into head coach Bobby Hurley kicking him off the Sun Devils.
Bobby Hurley’s explanation for why BJ Freeman is no longer with the program:
“It was just unfortunate that it came to this. He’s our leading scorer and a very productive player for us. It’s just we’ve had too many instances of either player or coach conduct with B.J., and he was… pic.twitter.com/L1p2PomXe8
— Blake Niemann (@Blakes_Take2) February 24, 2025
What a moron to just throw your career away like this.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
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