Attorney seeks end to case against Minn player

By JON KRAWCZYNSKI, AP Sports Writer Nov 17, 12:24 pm EST

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EDINA, Minn. (AP)—The attorney for suspended Minnesota freshman Royce White says he hopes to have the case resolved soon and indicated he may seek a plea bargain.

White is charged with theft and fifth-degree assault after an October incident at the Mall of America. He is also under investigation following the alleged theft of a laptop computer on campus.

White’s attorney, F. Clayton Tyler, said Tuesday that he is planning to review security tapes from the mall parking lot after which he “will be able to make some fruitful discussions, hopefully, with the prosecutor.”

A Nov. 25 hearing has been scheduled in the mall case. Coach Tubby Smith has made it clear that White won’t play until his legal matters are resolved.

The 24th-ranked Gophers (2-0) host Utah Valley on Thursday.

Updated Nov 17, 12:24 pm EST
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  1. George L P
    23. Posted by George L P Tue Nov 17 6:55pm EST

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    you can't blame Tubby for this incident. you must blame the minor and his parents who didn't teach him to behave as a responsible person.
    TO SAY BECAUSE A COACH RECRUITS A PLAYER HE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT EVER THE PLAYER DOES IS NONSENSE.
  2. Meredith K
    22. Posted by Meredith K Tue Nov 17 5:48pm EST

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    @ none, your an idiot last time i checked tubby won kentucky a championship in 1998 and won 100 games faster than any coach in uk history.
  3. Thomas D
    21. Posted by Thomas D Fri Nov 13 8:02pm EST

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    I love the post about "here in dixie we stomp that **** out quick. LOL Didn't three Tennessee players get arrested just this morning for armed robbery? PLEASE!!! Nobody believes that southern schools have fewer problems with student athlletes than anywhere else in the country. Oh...and I'm from Kentucky.
  4. Art Vandelay
    20. Posted by Art Vandelay Fri Nov 13 7:15pm EST

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    I guess it seems Tubby is recruiting the players he's used to getting at Kentucky.
  5. DookieSince1973
    19. Posted by DookieSince1973 Fri Nov 13 12:11pm EST

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    Don't you all realize that everyone deserves a second (oops, I mean third - or is it fourth) chance. These are just kids who made unfortunate choices. They are all really good kids. I know, I know, he got caught shoplifting and MAYBE got caught stealing a laptop. But you KNOW these were his only two youthful unfortunate choices. It was just bad luck that he got caught the ONLY two times he's ever had a young indescretion and stole things. Being deep down a good kid, he certainly didn't do anything like this other than the two times he got caught.

    Give the kid a break. Everyone deserves a seventh chance.
  6. none
    18. Posted by none Fri Nov 13 10:44am EST

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    Tubby is not a very good coach either. He can get you to a sweet 16 maybe. you will come home after that. Here in Kentucky if you don"t at least make the final 4 nobody will ever remember you. COACH CAL!!!!!
  7. none
    17. Posted by none Fri Nov 13 10:40am EST

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    Here at Kentucky we had the same problem. Tubby is the nicest guy in the world but has not reign on his players. That may work for yankees, but here in Dixie we stomp that @#$%e out quick.
  8. <i>prodeuser</i>
    16. Posted by prodeuser Fri Nov 13 9:40am EST

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    This is classic Tubby... remember "Team Turmoil" at Kentucky? He can't control his players. Maybe he's too nice a guy to come down hard on them.
  9. give me a break
    15. Posted by give me a break Fri Nov 13 8:28am EST

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    Thugs don't buy, they just steal.
    Couldn't you see the writing on the wall when he got kicked out of high school?
  10. Wildcat
    14. Posted by Wildcat Fri Nov 13 3:31am EST

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    Tyler, You have said it exceptionally well, and as a student there, see it more clearly than most of us.

    My first thoughts were, I hope Coach Smith has not become so desperate to win that He takes these players, who are not student athletes, and this one is no student.

    Good Luck Gophers....and Coach Smith.
  11. craig k
    13. Posted by craig k Fri Nov 13 1:05am EST

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    you think he stole laptop to study? Who's naive?
  12. Larry
    12. Posted by Larry Thu Nov 12 4:15pm EST

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    It is a shame that a kid with such enormous talent can be so f*****g stupid. He thinks because he can put a ball in a hole that he is somehow entitled to do as he pleases. He is not the first a**hole to think this, and he won't be the last. O.J. Mayo, as good as he is, was a punk all through high school. I'm sick of every year reading about these p***y prima donna's. No such things as humility anymore. F**k these losers. If they can't be team players, bench them.
  13. Lind
    11. Posted by Lind Thu Nov 12 2:44pm EST

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    Minnnnesotahhhhhhhhhhhhhhahahaaaaaahaaa is a full place to meet hott blonde girls
  14. tcbuckeye
    10. Posted by tcbuckeye Thu Nov 12 12:20pm EST

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    Tubby didn't have a choice, he practically had to sign White as he was the best Minnesota grown player in the last few years. If he didn't get White everybody in MN would say he let the best guy get away. Tubby knew White was a thug (which White is) but he almost had to take a chance on White to keep the locals happy.
  15. sherman
    9. Posted by sherman Thu Nov 12 11:09am EST

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    i know they have an athletic study hall or something. This guy was trying to buy crack.
  16. sherman
    8. Posted by sherman Thu Nov 12 11:09am EST

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    i know they have an athletic study hall or something. This guy was trying to buy crack.
  17. harold
    7. Posted by harold Thu Nov 12 7:57am EST

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    send him to boot camp for a year or 2.It will strighted his a$$$ out & if it dont send him to prison since thats where he will end up
  18. Sharon
    6. Posted by Sharon Wed Nov 11 4:39pm EST

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    PEOPLE!!! Not one Coach in the Country has more character than ORLANDO TUBBY SMITH, you better believe that...The Most honorable coach we have ever had at KENTUCKY...can't say I miss his short runs in march at the end of his tenure....OK,OK, Start in about CAL and PATINO, I know You will,But guess what? TUBBY is a better MAN than K ,CALHOUN,DONAVAN,CALIPARI,PATINO,WILLIAMS,SELF,WILLIAMS (ROY), and many-many more you can BANK on that..GO TUBBY!! GO GOPHERS!! and GO BIG BLUE!!!
  19. Kal_El
    5. Posted by Kal_El Wed Nov 11 4:18pm EST

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    Looks like the coach did some great scouting to get thi loser on the team? I wonder what his GPA is? Got kicked out of high school. That certainly scored him points. The Gophers need to wake up!
  20. Kal_El
    4. Posted by Kal_El Wed Nov 11 4:17pm EST

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    Looks like the coach did some great scouting to get thi loser on the team? I wonder what his GPA is? Got kicked out of high school. That certainly scored him points. The Gophers need to wake up!
  21. f
    3. Posted by f Wed Nov 11 4:12pm EST

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    Send him to Parchman farm in MS to straighten him out.
  22. Tyler K
    2. Posted by Tyler K Wed Nov 11 2:51pm EST

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    Please- that isn't his issue at all... This idiot has an entire college education paid for... along with housing and food and i'm sure a number of other things we might not see on the surface... He is getting the same education I am right now for free- an education I have paid 40,000 dollars for. I have season tickets and I love my gophers- but I have no time for athletes who forget they are students, and who act like they deserve the world to be handed to them on a platter... Glad to see him suspended!!
  23. <i>rudine@...</i>
    1. Posted by rudine@... Wed Nov 11 2:29pm EST

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    If you cannot afford a laptop you do not need one. go to the library where they are free or get a job and buy yourself one.
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