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Friday, August 31, 2007
Bucknell rumor debunked
A rumor sweeping the Bucknell campus has it that junior guard Jason Vegotsky had left school and was transferring elsewhere. That is not the case.

Vegotsky is in school and on the Bison team, sources in the Bucknell athletic department confirmed Thursday.

Turns out, the source of the rumor was the transfer of a Bison wrestler with a similar sounding name. Sophomore Eric Lapotsky, who qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season as a redshirt freshman, has transferred to grappling powerhouse Oklahoma. Lapotsky spent his original freshman season at Slippery Rock, transferring to BU after the Rock dropped its wrestling program. He was attending school on a scholarship that required he attend one of 19 schools in Pa. Oklahoma has offered the 197-pounder an athletic scholarship.

In other Bucknell news, sources say Darren Mastropaolo, Bucknell's senior center who had surgery on a torn ACL in early August, is getting around campus on crutches. Still no word on Mastropaolo's prognosis.

The Mayo Clinic's Web site says rehabbing after ACL surgery normally takes six to eight months. Bucknell coach Pat Flannery has not commented on Mastropaolo's status, citing privacy regulations. But Flannery has said the Bison are preparing for the possibility Mastropaolo might not play this season.

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