Chris Jones Dismissed by Louisville Despite Being Reinstated by Team

Louisville guard Chris Jones, one of the team's major contributors and leading scorers, was originally suspended by the school, re-instated by the team and eventually dismissed by the Cardinals.

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Jones Dismissed by Cardinals

Sunday, Feb. 22

Kenny Klein of Louisville confirmed that Jones was dismissed by the team and that the program would not be commenting further.

On Feb. 19, Jones' suspension was officially over according to the Associated Press per USA Today. The report provided a text message from Klein, saying: "coach Pitino said Chris has done what he needed to do and his suspension is over."

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Jones Suspended vs. Syracuse

Tuesday, Feb. 17 

Brian Hamilton of Sports Illustrated passed along the news:

Jeff Greer of The Courier-Journal has more:

And Jeff Goodman of ESPN noted several comments made by head coach Rick Pitino:

On Wednesday, Pitino further talked about Jones, via Eric Crawford of WDRB in Louisville: 

T.J. Walker of Rivals.com provided more from Pitino following the team's loss to Syracuse:

Jones is one of just four players on Louisville averaging more than 30 minutes (30.8) and double-digit points (13.6) per game. He's also adding 3.9 rebounds, 3.7 assists and an impressive 2.0 steals per contest. For a 20-5 Louisville team that is currently ranked No. 12 in the nation, losing Jones is a pretty big blow.

It's also disappointing for the squad that Jones, a senior, would get suspended at this point in the season. While Louisville likely won't win the regular-season ACC title this season—Virginia is 12-1 in the conference—the team is still jockeying for position in the conference tournament and a high seed when March Madness commences. 

While it remains to be seen how long Jones will be suspended, it's certainly a major loss for a talented team that has high postseason aspirations.