Notre Dame F Abromatis will miss 1st 4 games

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame forward Tim Abromaitis will miss the first four games of the regular season because of a misunderstanding over an NCAA rule.

The school announced the news Tuesday. The 6-foot-8 senior was second on the team last season in averaging 15.4 points and 6.1 rebounds per game.

The problem dates to his sophomore year, when he played in two exhibition games at the beginning of the 2008-09 season.

Abromaitis sat out for the rest of that sophomore season to preserve an extra year of eligibility. But the NCAA only allows freshmen to sit out exhibition games and retain a year of eligibility. So Abromaitis technically used a season of eligibility …