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            If you followed Virginia Men’s Basketball in the early 2000s you’ll remember that a few of Pete Gillen’s players went from highly touted recruits, to falling into legal trouble, to transferring into obscurity.  For example, as a sophomore in 2002, Virginia shooting guard Jermaine Harper was arrested for a DUI and suspended from the team.  He later transferred to Cal St. Fullerton and averaged around 10 points per game in his two seasons there.  But the most intriguing story like this has to be the story of Keith Jenifer.             For those of you who don’t remember Jenifer, he was a 6’2” point guard from Towson Catholic High School in Baltimore.  He was a skinny kid, with a perpetually baby face and braids like Wallace from “The Wire.”  Though he led the team in assists at the time of his suspension, I remember him not being as good as he should have been. In early February 2003 Jenifer was suspended indefinitely from the team.  The police had charged him with assault.  This was just three mon

This article first appeared on isportsweb.com and was syndicated with permission.

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