Sometimes a Fresno State Athletic Department press conference raises more questions than they are designed to answer.

This was the case Monday evening on our campus.

Ja’Vance Coleman, a starter for and integral part of the Fresno State men’s basketball program has been dismissed from the team for what Fresno State coach Steve Cleveland sited as “violating athletic department rules.”

Collegian Sports Editors Jeff Christian and Darrell Copeland III cover the story online here and you can view video of the announcement by coach Cleveland here.

What Coleman did exactly to get kicked off the team is still a mystery. The Athletic Department won’t say.

Regardless, the team going forward will be different.

The line-up, game strategy, plays called and minutes played by some of the other “role” players all need adjusting now by the coaching staff.

Will the fans that normally attend the home games adjust as well?

Does never seeing Coleman hit the game winning bucket with seconds left on the game clock or never seeing him embarrass a defender with an ankle-breaking cross-over change fans’ motivation to go to a game?

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