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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Tom Geyer, who had limited playing time
in two seasons, quit the Indiana basketball team, saying he
couldn't play for any coach but Bob Knight.
Geyer, a 6-foot-8 junior, told interim coach Mike Davis of his
decision to leave the team Friday morning.
"Tom made a decision that he felt was the right decision for
him, and I respect that," Davis said.
"He is the type of player that did not always show up in the
boxscore, but was a big contributor to this program with his
leadership and work ethic. Not many people work as hard as Tom
does," he said of the junior forward. "We had a good conversation
this morning, and the entire men's basketball program wishes him
the best."
Several other Indiana players threatened to leave after Knight
was fired Sept. 10, but they decided to stay when Davis, a former
assistant and Knight's top recruiter, was named interim coach.
"The administration made a change when they got rid of coach
Knight, and I guess now I feel that I need to make a change in my
life and move in another direction," Geyer told The Indianapolis
Star. "It's a tough decision because I really care for my
teammates, and I really wish them all the best. I had to do what is
best for me."
Geyer, a walk-on from Lawrence North High School in
Indianapolis, was redshirted as a freshman and played in only 19
games and scored 21 points in the past two seasons with the
Hoosiers.
Throughout the recent Knight ordeal, Geyer was often one of the
team's spokesmen.
"I just don't want to create another stir, and I don't want
anyone to look at this as being a negative against the program in
any way," Geyer said of his decision to leave.
Geyer, 23, said he will stay at the school. He said at the end
of this semester he will need 14 credit hours to graduate with
majors in accounting and finance.
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