Anthony DiLoreto Dismissed From Utah State¹s Men¹s Basketball Team
Utah Utah State men¹s basketball coach Stew Morrill announced Thursday that redshirt freshman center Anthony DiLoreto has been dismissed from the team. DiLoreto was suspended from the team indefinitely in February for an undisclosed violation of team rules.
“We were considering the possibility of Anthony being reinstated to our program, said Morrill. “Unfortunately, he has failed to meet the
established criteria necessary to return as a player at Utah State.”
DiLoreto (pronounced De-low-ret-o), a 7-1, 230-pound center from Minnetonka, Minn., redshirted for Utah State during the 2009-10 season and did not appear in any games.
As a prep senior at Hopkins High School, DiLoreto averaged 8.2 points and 8.0 rebounds per game as he helped lead the Royals to a 27-2 record. During his senior year, he scored in double-figures nine times and had a season-high 16 points versus Edina High School.
Hopkins High School won the Class AAAA (biggest schools) title during DiLoreto¹s freshman (2005) and sophomore (2006) seasons, and went 26-2 during his junior year (2007) under head coach Ken Novak.