ASU's Marcus Bagley says he was suspended for tweet about incident with HC Bobby Hurley

Then after not playing in the Alcorn State game, Bagley posted a note on social media.

“I usually don’t address locker room situations to media but for some reason people aren’t being transparent,” Bagley wrote. “To my fans & friends that are concerned, the reason I’m not playing has NOTHING to do with basketball or my ability.

“After my last game I played vs. NAU, out of frustration I made a mistake and said some things to Coach Hurley that I shouldn’t have said. Me not playing is 100% punishment for what I said that day. Again I am 100% healthy, & eager to play.”

Bagley claimed he had not played in five straight games as discipline for what he said to his coach, Bobby Hurley, after the second game of the season.

Whatever the case, Bagley said Tuesday he was suspended for that tweet.

Bagley indicated in his tweet that he was merely admitting a mistake in the previous tweet. What he was doing was circumventing his coach by going straight to social media to share his side of things. He didn’t admit a mistake but rather shift blame. That’s why he was suspended, not because he admitted a mistake.

And if he was trying to admit a mistake, then he probably should have apologized.

Bagley has only played in 17 games over three seasons with the Sun Devils. 

On Tuesday, Coach Hurley discussed the situation on Arizona Sports’ "Bickley & Marotta" show (via Arizona Sports' Tyler Drake): 

“I’m going to speak with Marcus here in a few hours,” Hurley said. “Yesterday we were off and I didn’t get a chance to talk with him concerning his tweet, and his other tweet about being healthy, which is fine. He’s been at practice so we know he’s healthy.

“I think it’s a byproduct of other guys playing well and just not having the opportunity to get him out on the floor. That’s all it comes down to. … We have a stacked perimeter and right now there’s just no minutes for him.”