Tuesday, August 23, 2011

USC basketball: Could senior guard Jio Fontan be a Trojan for two more seasons?

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In his first public comments since suffering a season-ending ACL tear in Brazil last week, USC senior guard Jio Fontan said Tuesday that he plans to apply for a medical hardship waiver that will allow him to play an additional season at USC.

Not that surprising. Here's where it gets interesting:

In January, Fontan told The Times he planned to file an appeal with the NCAA for an additional season of eligibility for his sophomore season in 2009-10 at Fordham in which he played five games before deciding to transfer.

If the NCAA grants him a waiver for his injury this season and grants his appeal for an additional season for his shortened sophomore season, he could be at USC for two more full seasons.

"There's a possibility, you never know, I could end up with two more years, I could end up with one more year," he told school officials Tuesday. 

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