UCLA freshman LiAngelo Ball and his Bruins teammates are in Hangzhou, China to play Georgia Tech in the season-opener this Friday.
Except Ball, along with fellow freshmen Cody Riley and Jalen Hill, might miss the game. In fact, they might miss other Bruins games when the team returns home to the States.
And it won’t be because these players suffered injuries or illness. It will be because they are still in China—and possibly in a Chinese jail.
The three freshmen were arrested on Tuesday for shoplifting from a Louis Vuitton store. The arrests, according to ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, followed interviews by about 20 local police officers with UCLA players while the players stayed at the Hyatt Regency Hangzhou.