Notre Dame forward Tim Abromaitis will miss the first four games of the regular season because he played in two exhibition contests three years ago before sitting out the rest of the year. The 6-foot-8 senior averaged 15.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game for the Irish last season. He has already graduated and last year worked on his MBA. The problem dates to his sophomore year, when he played in two exhibition games at the beginning of the 2008-09 season. Abromaitis sat out the rest of that regular season to preserve an extra year of eligibility. But the NCAA only allows freshmen to sit out exhibition games and retain a year of eligibility. So Abromaitis technically used a season of eligibility when he participated in the exhibition games. "It has been so dragged out. Like coach said, this happened three years ago, so I have been waiting for it to come," Abromaitis said Tuesday. "It is kind of unfortunate but I am glad to be back for the fifth year and I will be ready to go when the season opens." Read more: http://espn.go.com/mens-college-bas...-notre-dame-fighting-irish-forced-sit-4-games
