Joseph Uchebo, an N.C. State basketball commitment, has been dismissed from the Oak Ridge Military Academy team.
Coach Stan Kowalewski of Oak Ridge said this morning that the decision was made yesterday, and that school officials decided later to not invite Uchebo back for the next academic year.
"It's something that has been going on for a while," Kowalewski said. "I can't go into details, but we dismissed him from the basketball team for conduct detrimental to the team."
Uchebo, a 6-10, 230-pound center, averaged about 10 points and eight rebounds last season in helping Oak Ridge go 30-10. He missed 18 games because of injuries.
Tony Edwards, Uchebo's coach with the CP3 All-Stars AAU team based in Winston-Salem, said he does not know where Uchebo will attend school next year. Edwards has not talked to Uchebo since the dismissal.
Uchebo attended Mount Zion Christian Academy in Durham before enrolling at Oak Ridge.
He committed to N.C. State last fall, but cannot sign a binding national letter-of-intent until November as a high-school senior. He is a member of the recruiting class of 2011.
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