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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 2839220, member: 41"] [B][URL='https://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/2018/12/syracuse-basketball-sophomore-howard-washington-will-seek-a-medical-redshirt.html']Syracuse basketball sophomore Howard Washington will seek a medical redshirt[/URL][/B] [I]Syracuse guard Howard Washington will sit out this season as a medical redshirt.[/I] [I]Washington, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, suffered a torn ACL in his right knee last January. He underwent surgery. He returned to the court this past fall, but has not made it back to full health.[/I] [I]Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim made the announcement after the Orange’s 82-52 victory over Arkansas State on Saturday.[/I] [I]“He’s had some issues this fall that have just been too much to overcome,’’ Boeheim said.[/I] [I]“It was always an option,’’ Washington said of the medical redshirt, “but there was no set ‘This is what we’re going to do’ early. We just kind of made this decision within the last week or two.’’[/I] [I]Washington said he and Boeheim consulted one another before making the decision to sit out the remainder of the year.[/I] [I]“There’s no negatives to it,’’ Washington said. “It gives me three more years of eligibility. I can take this full year to get back and then take this summer to get better and come back as best as possible next year.’’ “It’s tough,’’ Washington said. “Obviously, I want to be out there playing. I got my season cut short last year. But I’m all about the team. I’ll get my reps in in practice and push the guys who are playing.’’ Washington said the surgery was successful. He said he can play, but the knee has yet to regain its explosiveness. “I can go out there and produce and play,’’ Washington said. “It’s just a couple things like explosion and getting back to jumping how I was jumping. But other than that, the shot and playing basketball, I’m fine. It’s just jumping and stuff like that where I’m not back to 100 percent.’’[/I] [/QUOTE]

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