Josh Tabb withdraws from University of Tennessee

by Will Shelton on Oct 28, 2009 4:28 PM EDT in Tennessee Volunteer Basketball

An indefinite suspension has turned into what appears to be the end of Josh Tabb's basketball career at Tennessee. The would-be senior guard has withdrawn from the university and returned home to Carbondale, Illinois to be close to his mother, who is suffering from an undisclosed illness. The story from the Knoxville News-Sentinel includes comments from head coach Bruce Pearl offering sympathy to Tabb's situation.

Tabb was a member of Pearl's initial recruiting class, which has now lost its third member: Duke Crews and Ramar Smith left the program following the 2007-08 season, and now Tabb's career comes to an early close as well. He is the second Tennessee player to exit the program in the past month under unfortunate circumstances, following the frightening cardiac scare suffered by Emmanuel Negedu one month ago today.

These incidents leave a Tennessee team picked by most to contend for the SEC Championship short on depth, but the greater concern goes out to Negedu and Tabb's mother.

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Has there been any word on whether or not he’ll be back next season? Or has the pacemaker effectively ended his career?

I told you we would beat Georgia!! Now, as for those 9 wins in '09......
I got bored and made a blog!! SCS

by VolBrian on Oct 28, 2009 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

I was wondering the same thing.

"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti

by sddbaker on Oct 28, 2009 5:43 PM EDT reply actions