In the last 19 days, the men's basketball team has lost its dominant center and head coach. Now it appears its best long-range threat is gone as well.
Sources close to Spencer Gloger '03 and the basketball program have said the guard has left Princeton. According to news reports, it appears likely he is planning to enroll at UCLA. He apparently left campus Saturday morning.
Because of NCAA restrictions, Gloger would have to sit out this season if he were to join UCLA's basketball program. He would return with three years of eligibility in the 2001-2002 season.
"He thought it was an unstable situation. He thought it was in his best interest to go somewhere else," said a friend who asked not to be identified.
When asked why he thought Gloger decided to transfer, the friend said, "because of the situation with coaching and the fact that Chris Young left."
Gloger's departure comes only weeks after Young ended his Princeton career by signing a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates and head coach Bill Carmody left the Tigers to take the head coaching position at Northwestern.
"It's been tough, but the program can work through this," junior guard Ahmed El-Nokali said in an interview Saturday night.
El-Nokali said he had not spoken to Gloger, but had heard the reports of his imminent transfer.
"I don't want to read too much into this [in terms of the program]," El-Nokali said. "He's going home, which is all he ever really wanted to do."
Gloger likely is returning to his home state of California where he was named Orange County Player of the Year his senior year at Santa Margarita High School after scoring 23.7 points per game.
A Fox Sports report on Saturday identified UCLA as the destination for Gloger.
This would not be the first interaction between the Southern California star and the nearby Bruins.
Before his freshman season, the six-foot, six-inch guard made an oral commitment to Princeton early in the year before signing a letter of intent and scholarship agreement with UCLA in the spring. Gloger then changed his mind again and decided late in the summer to come to Princeton.
Gloger overcame ankle injuries in his first season as a Tiger to average 12.1 points per game.
Neither Gloger nor head coach John Thompson could be reached for comment.
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