It's not "wasting a scholarship," it's honoring a commitment. Evidently, Jeff Compher feels the same way: “This is a situation that coach Montgomery and I have been dealing with for the past several weeks,” Compher said in a statement Wednesday. “Our basketball staff and members of our athletics administration, myself included, have met with Zach and his parents on multiple occasions. Zach remains on scholarship at NIU, and his status as a scholarship student-athlete and a member of the basketball team going forward was secure."

Those of us that saw Zach Miller play in H.S. knew that he was going to struggle at the D-1 level. But, our previous coach (and NIU) tendered him a scholarship. While I'm a strong Monty supporter, the best course of action for him would have been to honor the commitment.

I'd like to think that the "NIU way" is the honorable way.