O’Neil suspended indefinitely from men’s hoops team

By Collegian Staff | February 2, 2009

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Senior guard Dwight O’Neil has been suspended indefinitely from the men’s basketball team after being arrested for driving with a suspended or revoked license.

Prior to the incident, O’Neil had missed two of the Bulldogs’ previous three games. He served a one game suspension for inappropriate conduct on Jan. 22, when the ’Dogs played Louisiana Tech.

He then missed the Jan. 28 matchup with Houston Baptist because of a family death. O’Neil was arrested late Wednesday night after being pulled over in south Fresno.

After being pulled over, officers discovered that O’Neil had a warrant out for his arrest. The outstanding warrant was for the same offense – driving without a license in May 2007.

The 2007 incident held a fine and a community service requirement and O’Neil failed to pay the fine of nearly $2,000 dollars or serve the hours.

O’Neil is currently being held in Fresno County Jail and is not available for bail. The offense holds a $1,140 fine.

Looking forward

Without O’Neil in their past three games, the Bulldogs are 2-1 and took the league’s top team, Utah State, to overtime on Saturday night.

Fresno State fell to the Aggies in the overtime period.

As of now, the team and university have set no timetable for O’Neil’s return following his release from jail, which could be up to a week from Thursday.

Fresno State plays again this Thursday night in Honolulu. The men’s team travels to Hawaii to take on the Warriors in conference play.

The Bulldogs are currently 1-6 in the WAC and are in last place in the conference.

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3 Responses to “O’Neil suspended indefinitely from men’s hoops team”

    The Rat Snake Wiggle:
    February 2nd, 2009 5:56 pm

    same story, different name, new year………..Thugsno State U!!!

    Cleveland Stever:
    February 3rd, 2009 9:05 am

    Add yet another to the list——Weed and more weed, suspended licenses, Melvin Ely draft bust, Chris Herron crimes, Alston DUI’s, Terry Pettis murder, samuri swords, Ja’vance Coleman, and on and on……….

    keila_2107:
    October 15th, 2009 2:26 pm

    aww just leave em alone he’s to good at what he does for his own good.He’s the best…and if he wasn’nt working soo hard to please everyone @ fresno state he could actually have time to get it taken care of…give the guy a break.