Utah State basketball: Quincy Bair quits basketball team

Deseret News

Published: Thursday, Dec. 27 2012 10:35 a.m. MST

Quincy Bair of American Fork High Drives past Austin Keener of West High during their 5A boys basketball first round game at the Maverick Center in West Valley City Tuesday, February 28, 2012.

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Summary

LOGAN — Utah State men's basketball coach Stew Morrill announced Thursday that Quincy Bair has quit the Aggie basketball team for personal reasons.

"I'm extremely disappointed in Quincy for making the decision to quit the team. He told me he has lost his passion for basketball during his junior year in high school. This is obviously something we would have liked to have known in the recruiting process," Morrill said.

Bair, a freshman guard/forward from American Fork, had his redshirt pulled after five games and played in four games, averaging 2.5 minutes per game, missing his lone 3-point attempt.

As a senior at American Fork High, Bair was named the Region 4 co-MVP and earned first-team all-state honors, helping the Cavemen to a 19-3 record and a co-region championship, averaging 13.0 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.4 steals per game as a senior.

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Outsideview

Federal Way, WA

Somehow BYU will still get blamed for this.

2:36 p.m. Dec. 27, 2012
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CA. reader

Rocklin, CA

I must admit that until I read this headline I had no idea who this young man was. This may seem like a silly or even inappropriate question because I know nothing of his background, the high school he attended or anything else relevant, but why More..