Western Kentucky men's basketball coach Rick Stansbury issued his first public statement on the status of prized freshman Mitchell Robinson, who according to sources left campus on Wednesday night and has not returned to the school.
“WKU freshman center Mitchell Robinson is suspended indefinitely from the program for a violation of team rules," Stansbury said in a statement released Monday. "Mitchell is a good kid, but the team will always be more important than one individual player. He needs to understand the value of structure and accountability in his life, and his return will be dependent upon requirements that will be handled internally.