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1. Danny Fortson: C This ex-Bearcat was suspended for two games without pay by the NBA on March 30 after being called for a flagrant foul against Detroit. The burly forward has accumulated eight flagrant foul penalty points this season, three more than allowed. He will receive an automatic two-game suspension for any flagrant foul the rest of the season. He also got into a scuffle last month with Lakers center Shaquille O'Neal -- which is never a wise move. "He kept telling me he was a legend, so I told him that I wanted to be famous," the player said of his tussle with O'Neal. "That's basically how we got into it." |
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2. Donald Little: F This Cincinnati center was dismissed from the team just last week after he was charged with kidnapping, beating and burning his roommate. He pleaded innocent to charges of felonious assault and kidnapping. He was released from Hamilton County jail on a $50,000 bond while he awaits trial. If convicted he could be sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to the police report, roommate Justin Hodge said the player accused him of stealing money, then hit him on the head with a whiskey bottle. Hodge also said he was tied with tape to a plastic lawn chair, burned with incense and beaten, the police report said. Hodge told police he was stabbed when he tried to escape. |
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3. Art Long: A On May 3, 1995, this former Cincinnati star was involved in the infamous "Blazing Saddles" incident in Cincinnati. Along with another Cincy teammate, this Bearcat was accused of cursing at a mounted police officer and then punching the officer's horse four times during an altercation. However, the player denied the charge and was later acquitted. The incident still managed to earn him the nickname "Longo" on campus -- inspired by the character "Mongo," who punched out a horse in the movie "Blazing Saddles." While a senior at Cincinnati in October 1995, the player pleaded guilty to the charge of momentarily choking his girlfriend. |
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4. Kenyon Martin: E This former Bearcat was suspended for one game by the NBA on March 3 after he was called for his sixth flagrant foul of the season. The player has been suspended twice during the 2001-02 season for rough play and forced to sit out three games. |
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5. Ruben Patterson: H Entered a modified guilty plea in May 2001 on a third-degree rape charge in Seattle. He was accused of attempting to rape his family's nanny in September 2000 at his home. He was sentenced to one year in prison with all but 15 days suspended. He also was placed on two years' probation, and ordered to register as a sex offender if he remained in Washington. In the summer of 2001, he signed with the Portland Trail Blazers as a free agent. |
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6. Nick Van Exel: D A reputed malcontent throughout his NBA career, this player has repeatedly clashed with coaches and has been traded away twice. He also was suspended for seven games and fined a then-record $25,000 for shoving an official late in the 1996 season. |
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7. Dontonio Wingfield: B Pleaded guilty in June 1999 to assaulting two Forest Park, Ohio, police officers during a domestic dispute at his girlfriend's apartment. He was sentenced to one year in jail. According to court records, this ex-Bearcat broke a table in the apartment of the mother of two of his children. Police say that when they arrived, he grabbed the woman's arm and then assaulted the two policemen, breaking a finger of one officer. |
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8. Bob Huggins: G Dogged by criticism of his players' poor graduation rates and off-court problems, the leader of the Bearcats recently considered trying to parole himself out of Cincy by taking the coaching job at his alma mater, West Virginia. After long consideration, he decided to remain at Cincinnati. |