Historic Yale men's basketball season marred by sudden departure of its captain

The Yale basketball team celebrates their win on Saturday, March 5, 2016, in New York. Yale's win clinched their berth to the NCAA tournament.
It was a moment of elation for a basketball program and fans who haven't accomplished the feat in over five decades.
However, the victory was also in some ways overshadowed by the sudden departure of former team captain Jack Montague.Montague was expelled by Yale this winter, his father, Jim Montague, told the New Haven Register, providing scant details following advice from his lawyer.
Yale University has not given a reason for Montague's departure, explaining to the Yale Daily News (YDN) that "the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act prohibits educational institutions from releasing a student's private academic records without the student's prior written consent."
Yale was not immediately available for comment, nor was a law firm representing Montague. While there's no record of an arrest or court hearing involving Montague, according to YDN, the team stirred up controversy on campus for dressing in warm-up t-shirts with Montague's number and his nickname, "Gucci," before a game on February 26. The team has said it was a showing of solidarity with Montague."We just wanted to make it as clear as possible that Jack is one of our brothers," Yale basketball team member Justin Sears told the YDN. "He's family to us and we miss him."
It was a sentiment that men's head coach James Jones echoed Saturday night after the team's win."Jack knows how we feel about him - we love him," Jones said. "He's a great young man and we love him."But it's that showing of support that has angered some Yale students who argue the rhetoric perpetuates violence against women and enables a rape culture on campus.
"Rape culture is standing by your teammate and silencing Yale's victims of sexual assault," read a note left in a lecture hall last week, the YDN reported.
And students hit out at Dean of Yale College, Jonathan Holloway, after he emailed students asking them to treat each other with "civility" when discussing the basketball team with other students on campus.Recently, there's been more awareness of sexual violence on US college campuses.
Last year, 106 colleges were under federal investigation for allegedly mishandling sexual assault cases, and researchers have begun to describe sexual assaults on campus as an epidemic.
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