BYU Basketball Player Suspended

Danica Mendivil, Brandon Davies' Girlfriend: BYU Basketball Player's Significant Other Revealed

The girlfriend of Brandon Davies, the BYU forward who was kicked off the team for having pre-martial sex, has been revealed.

According to RadarOnline, Davies' girlfriend is Danica Mendivil, a freshman on the volleyball team at Arizona State University. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Sports-Tells: BYU Basketball Player Brandon Davies Suspended for Premarital Sex With His Girlfriend

Brigham Young University (BYU), student Brandon Davies was suspended from the Cougars basketball team for one year because he broke the schools “Honor Code” by having sex with his girlfriend. ****Blankstare***

(BYU) made the decision to kick standout center Brandon Davies off the basketball team because he violated the school’s honor code provision that prohibits premarital sex. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

BYU Basketball Player Suspended for Premarital Sex

BYU center Brandon Davies was suspended from the Cougars’ nationally ranked team for the remainder of the season because he violated the school’s honor code provision that prohibits premarital sex..Cougars coach Dave Rose addressed Davies’ dismissal for the first time, saying, “I think it was a surprise to everyone.”.Asked whether he believes Davies will play basketball for BYU again, Rose said, “yeah, I do.” ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Tribune: BYU hoops star suspended for premarital sex

Brigham Young University has suspended star basketball player Brandon Davies from its nationally ranked team for violating the school honor code that prohibits premarital sex, The Salt Lake Tribune reports.

BYU officials publicly have said only that Davies violated the school's honor code and that his actions were not criminal in nature. The suspension applies for the rest of the basketball season. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

BYU Player Suspended: What did Brandon Davies Do?

Brigham Young University's No. 3 ranked basketball team suffered a major setback after forward Brandon Davies' honor code violation got him dismissed from the team for the remainder of the season. There is no indication that Davies was arrested, and BYU officials confirmed Wednesday that Davies wasn't involved in a criminal incident, ESPN reports.

So what did Brandon Davies do? School officials aren't saying, but it is worth noting that BYU has one of the strictest, if not the strictest honor codes in the country. "The code forbids premarital sex, the use of alcohol and illegal drugs, and cheating on schoolwork." Students are expected to live a chaste and virtuous life, attend church regularly, as well as abstaining from tobacco, tea, coffee and substance abuse. Thus, Brandon Davies' honor code violation remains a mystery. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Star Mormon basketball player suspended from BYU team for having sex with girlfriend

* 6ft 9in Brandon Davies violated BYU's honour code
* Team ranked third in the country before his suspension
* BYU lost to unranked team in first game without him

A star college basketball player at one of the country’s most respected teams has been suspended for having sex with his girlfriend.

Brandon Davies, a 6ft 9in centre for Mormon college Brigham Young University (BYU), violated the school’s honour code banning sex before marriage.

The college, in Provo, Utah, obliges students to live a ‘chaste and virtuous life’. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

Should BYU really suspend a basketball player for having sex?

Sophomore center Brandon Davies was booted off the team for sleeping with his girlfriend, which violates the conservative school's exacting honor code

On Wednesday, Utah's Brigham Young University announced that it would suspend starting center Brandon Davies from the school's basketball team for having premarital sex with his girlfriend. BYU, which is affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, is known for its strictness.

It also forbids coffee, smoking, and dishonesty of any kind. Still, the news came as a shock to college basketball fans, since the 6-foot-9-inch Davies had been an integral part of BYU's dominant Cougars, who are among the nation's top teams. Davies himself has expressed remorse for his actions, but did the school go too far? ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

BYU player suspended for having sex

PROVO, Utah, March 3 (UPI) -- A star Brigham Young University basketball player has been suspended for the rest of the season for having premarital sex, the Utah school confirmed.

Brandon Davies, 19, was suspended from the Cougars' nationally-ranked team for the remainder of the season and apologized to his teammates for violating the school's honor code, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Thursday. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

College basketball star suspended for allegedly having premarital sex

Brigham Young University has suspended a star basketball player for violating the school’s strict code of honour by allegedly having premarital sex with his girlfriend.

The Utah-based school, owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said in a statement that BYU Cougars’ centre Brandon Davies will not play with the team for the remainder of the 2010-11 season due to a “violation” of the university’s honour code.

“Some decisions regarding Davies’ future on the basketball team and at the university are yet to be determined,” said the statement. ( Read BYU Basketball Player Suspended more... )

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