Forward Junior Matthew Atewe Gets Off Washington Huskies MBB Team
By Bret Stuter
Another thinning of Washington Huskies Men’s Basketball Team roster today as 6-foot-8 forward Matthew Atewe Elects to Quit Team
The University of Washington Huskies Men’s Basketball team is losing resemblance to a Washington Huskies men’s basketball team. As time progresses, it appears more and more to have been the “Lorenzo Romar’s” Basketball Team. Until now, the losses have been future players. Today, that has changed.
The first exodus was understandable. Jontay Porter was a 2018 recruit with plenty of time to consider his options. Then 2017 PG Blake Harris sought release from his National Letter of Intent. On March 22, 2017, small forward Michael Porter Jr. announced he seeks his release from the NLI. Now today, 6-foot-8 junior forward Matthew Atewe is announcing his interest in quitting the team.
Atewe Struggled to Find Playing Time
On one hand, Atewe played in just 19 of the teams 31 games in one season, averaging 8.7 minutes, 2.2 points and 2.3 rebounds per game. On the other hand, his announcement is somewhat surprising. He played in 2013-2014 for the Auburn Tigers, and did not play NCAA basketball again until this season with the Huskies.
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As a matter of fact, he was originally recruited as a 3-star power forward by Auburn University for 2013. But he fell to injury which required surgery. His injury forced him to miss the entire 2014-2015 season as well. He arrived to the University of Washington with three years NCAA eligibility. Two of those years of eligibility are now exhausted. He has a year of eligibility left.
That void creates a hole in the roster. Actually, three such holes now exist in next year’s roster. Two players have withdrawn their 2017 NLI’s. In the near future, more players may not find enough patience to see this through either.
It’s a difficult choice for each young man right now. But life is not that easy to avoid difficult moments. Those tough calls will resurface elsewhere as well. I wish Matthe Atewe well. But my experience has taught me not to drive my life via the rear view mirror.
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Perhaps Matthew Atawe will have a better result.