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Personnel mix for ECU
hoops in flux
From staff and ECU reports
©2005 Bonesville.net
The transition in East
Carolina's basketball coaching staff is being mirrored by a transition of
sorts in the players who will be factors for the Pirates next season.
The latest change in the
evolving roster came Monday when ECU head coach Ricky Stokes announced
that sophomore guard Mike Cook has been granted a release from his
scholarship.
The development appears to
magnify the importance to the Pirates of a significant contribution next
season from newcomer Jeremy Ingram. The sophomore from Kinston, who
transferred to ECU from Wake Forest at the end of the 2004-05 fall
semester, will be eligible to join the Pirates' lineup at the beginning
of the 2005-06 spring semester
Cook, ECU's leading scorer
last season, has not indicated where he will transfer.
“We certainly support
Mike’s decision to do what he feels is in his best interest,” Stokes
stated in a news release. “He wants to be in a situation where he is
close to family and friends. We wish him nothing but the best.”
A native of Philadelphia,
Cook averaged 15.0 points per game last season. During his freshman
year, he scored 10.4 points per game and earned Conference USA
All-Freshman honors.
Cook's departure comes
less than a week after high school senior power forward Dwight Burke,
originally destined for East Carolina,
signed with Marquette.
Burke had
inked with former ECU coach Bill Herrion
during the fall signing period and had a change in heart after Herrion
was forced out. His request to be released from the scholarship was
granted by Stokes, who was named to succeed Herrion on March 16.
Stokes recently landed his
first prospect since taking over the program,
signing 6-9 power forward Tyronne Beale,
a junior college transfer from Allegany College of Maryland.
Compiled from
ECU Athletics and staff reports.
Page updated:
02/23/07 11:44 AM
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