Thing have not gone well for the University of South Florida basketball team this year. The Bulls are 7-20 overall and 1-15 in the American Conference, and Thursday, they were headed home to Tampa after another dispiriting loss, this time at the hands of the Tulsa Golden Hurricane.
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Well, almost all of the them were headed home.
That's because two players, Geno Thorpe and Troy Holston, fell asleep in the airport terminal, and no one — not coaches, teammates, staff — noticed they'd been left behind. The two never got on the plane.
Holston's mom, Monique Holston-Green, was not at all happy, and went on an extended Twitter rant that eviscerated the team and it's leadership.
Troy Holston Jr.'s mom, Monique Holston-Greene, blasted #USF's bball team on twitter after they left her son & Geno Thorpe at the airport. pic.twitter.com/jRUlAykru6
— John Sabol (@John_Sabol) February 25, 2017
She wasn't finished.
Who can leave these 2 faces behind??? pic.twitter.com/DyaKHC3rc1
— M. Holston Greene (@bballmama95) February 24, 2017
And then she pulled out a box of salt and wasn't satisfied with just rubbing in the wound. She stomped it all in.
Can someone please give me the definition of TEAM & LEADERSHIP. Apparently I have to high of expectations or the wrong meaning somehow...
— M. Holston Greene (@bballmama95) February 24, 2017
The interim basketball coach, Murry Bartow, was forced to do a mea culpa:
In statement, USF interim coach Murray Bartow apologizes for "unfortunate circumstance" that left two players alone in airport on trip home. pic.twitter.com/BeAIwJW4xv
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) February 25, 2017
Luckily for USF, it looks like the nightmare of a season will be over soon
