Hood, a mathematics major, is a particularly fine student certain to graduate whenever he resumes classwork. Degrees are worthy to achieve, but for a basketball player, the timing to achieve them just might not always fit the time frame that some mandate. For instance, former Razorback star Scotty Thurman, an honor student who turned professional after his junior year, has seemed a poster boy for not leaving school early. He didn't get drafted and never has played a minute in an NBA game. Now this isn't an endorsement to play college basketball with no thought to a degree.
College is supposed to be about expanding opportunities.
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