“When it came down to it wasn’t how much playing time I was going to get, it was just that the pros of leaving outweighed the pros of staying.”

“It was a really hard process for me and it took a long time to discuss with my parents,” Coblyn said.

So why would Coblyn choose to quit the Terriers? Because, according to Coblyn, his decision to leave had very little to do with playing time. He was pictured on billboards, he was on the cover of the media guide and you could open up your BU pocket schedule and see No. So much so, that the BU athletics department chose him to be one of the faces of BU basketball. After recovering, however, Coblyn returned to play in 23 games last season (eight starts) and averaged 5.3 points per game.Īfter an offseason in which Coblyn showed no lack of interest in the team or the sport, it was expected that he’d see a significant increase in playing time after averaging only 16.2 minutes per game last year. After red-shirting at the beginning of the 2004-05 season because of a lower back injury, he dropped in the depth chart. Prior to his decision the leave, Coblyn’s college basketball career had already traversed a somewhat rocky road. “I thought it would be detrimental to the team and it would hurt my teammates in the long run if I waited any longer to announce my decision.” “I wasn’t having any fun playing basketball any more, so it made no sense to get into the season and play a few games with the team,” he said. Our statement is what I’ll adhere to – we were surprised and disappointed, but if he feels it’s the best thing for him, we wish him luck wherever he goes.”Ĭoblyn, on the other hand, saw the timing of his decision as beneficial to BU. “The timing of it-prior to the beginning of the season and the easy way it was done and walked away from with coaches, teammates and everything else, is disappointing. “The bothersome thing to me about this is being caught by surprise,” Wolff said. More than any reason Coblyn could give, it’s the timing of his decision that shocked Wolff. I have no more passion or excitement to play basketball.”Ĭoblyn went on to explain that his decision to leave was in no way affected by the departure of the four players before him. “It’s just not something I want to do anymore. “I’m leaving the team because I think that playing basketball right now and being at BU isn’t the best thing for me in my life at this point,” he said. The current “epidemic” becomes even more complicated when you consider the fact that every former Terrier has left or been released for a different reason. “I think what’s going on is that for some reason we’re experiencing a little epidemic of, whether it was recruiting mistakes on our part, or whether you think it’s lack of commitment on some of those guys parts, who knows,” Wolff said. Tuesday, Coblyn, the 6-foot-8 forward from Amherst, asked Wolff for his official release from the team only nine days before the Terriers were scheduled to begin their 2006-07 season. First it was Tony Gaffney, Bryan Geffen and Brendan Sullivan in March and then Corey Hassan at the end of the summer.

Boston University men’s basketball coach Dennis Wolff confirmed the release of sophomore forward Ben Coblyn yesterday.Ĭoblyn’s departure is the fifth and most recent installment in the men’s basketball saga that has seen one player after another leave the Terriers.

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