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Scoop Jardine returning for senior year

By Sophia Botchway
March 23, 2011 - 5:40 pm
SU basketball star tweets about his decision to return.

Syracuse point guard Scoop Jardine announced today he's returning for his senior year via his twitter page, The Post-Standard reports.

Jardine, whose twitter profile is PhillyFlash11, started off with "What's up tweeps ... I'm back on this twitter thing for a while. Best believe I heard all the negative things that was said about me,''

In his second tweet he wrote, "Oh best believe I will use all that for motivation Bcuz I will be back next year! Special s/o to all my teammates and coaches I love y'all.''

Jardine's tweets put to rest speculation that he might not be back for the 2011-12 season. Although in terms of athletic ability Jardine is a junior, he's in his fourth year at Syracuse University and on course to graduate this spring. He is eligible to play next year since an injury during the 2008-09 season called for him to be redshirted.

Jardine led the Big East in assists this past season and was Syracuse's third-leading scorer at 12.5 points per game.

However, he caught great heat from Syracuse fans, especially after the team's loss in the NCAA tournament to Marquette. He committed a backcourt violation in the game's final minute, although the NCAA has confirmed the call was in error.

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