Yesterday, it was reported by Mark Brennan at Lions247 that Mike Watkins would be out indefinitely from playing in games for Penn State basketball. PSU’s athletic department also released the following statement:
While this is undoubtedly a huge blow to the Nittany Lions’ front court and subsequently, their postseason aspirations given how Watkins was clearly the team’s biggest threat down low on defense (some of us call him ‘Mike Swatkins’ for a reason), it is not unexpected considering his recent off-court troubles and his coming out with a wonderfully-written blog post about his struggles with mental illness.