Another Oregon Player Leaves Team

Oregon forward Donte Quinine has quit the team, becoming the second player in nine days to leave.

Quinine, a 6-foot-6 junior from Rowland High School in Rowland Heights, averaged 7.3 minutes and 1.3 points a game. Quinine was the team’s defensive player of the year last season.

The departure comes after junior Mike McShane quit the team Feb. 8, frustrated over his lack of playing time and claiming Coach Ernie Kent had “quit” on him.

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Louisiana State will get one last chance to argue that penalties the NCAA imposed on the school in the recruiting of Lester Earl were too harsh. School officials will go before the NCAA’s appeals committee on Feb. 27. In a related matter, the Southeastern Conference announced a revised 11-team format for its tournament because of Louisiana State’s potential ban. . . . Alabama’s athletic program was spared being penalized when the NCAA imposed sanctions on former assistant coach Tyrone Beaman, finding he tried to create a slush fund for recruits. . . . Wichita State Coach Randy Smithson was publicly reprimanded by the university for violations of NCAA practice limits and for his conduct while coaching the team.