Drca rumors aren't true, says Boylen

Rumors that Luka Drca isn’t returning for his senior year so he can turn professional, are just rumors, according to coach Jim Boylen. He said he’s heard them and wonders where they come from.
Drca is, in fact, the only Ute b-ball player who won’t be in Salt Lake this summer because he will be playing for his country at the World University Games. But Boylen said everything he’s heard from Drca is that he’s planning to be a Ute next year.
Boylen said Drca told him he would return and with the Serbian native holding a 3.5 GPA in chemistry, he doesn’t know why he wouldn’t want to graduate. The Ute coach expects Drca to be back Aug. 20 before the start of fall semester.
Of course, the right amount of money can change anyone’s mind.
Kim Tillie is the only other foreigner left on the Ute team, which had as many as five a couple of years ago.
Tillie has already returned from France, but is still hobbling with a plantar fascia injury on his foot, which slowed him last season.

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