George Hill Misses Cavaliers Practice to Receive Diploma from IUPUI

Cleveland Cavaliers point guard George Hill had a good reason for missing Saturday's practice. 

According to the Associated Press' Tom Withers, Hill was back at IUPUI—where he played from 2004 to 2008—to formally receive his degree from the university's school of liberal arts and speak to the graduating class of 2018: 

Hill commemorated the occasion by tweeting a photo of his IUPUI ink: 

Hill and the Cavaliers will be in Boston on Sunday for Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Celtics at TD Garden. The action is scheduled to get underway at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC.