Former Connecticut forward Jamal Coombs-McDaniel says his recent arrest on drug charges had nothing to do with his decision to transfer from the national champion. "The whole thing was over playing time," Coombs-McDaniel said Thursday outside Rockville Superior Court, where he appeared on two misdemeanor marijuana charges. "Being a junior, I just want to play 30-plus minutes wherever I'm going to go, and be one of the vocal guys, one of the vocal leaders on the team. I couldn't do that at UConn." The 6-foot-7 forward from Boston's Dorchester neighborhood said the decision to leave UConn was made before he was arrested April 21 on campus and charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=6566373
