The Yale men’s basketball team qualified for the 2016 NCAA tournament, something that they have not done since 1962. However, despite the team’s hype behind their spot in the playoffs, the general student body of Yale is having a hard time backing up their team in their post-season games.

Ex-basketball captain Jack Montague was expelled from Yale a few weeks ago with rumors circulating of sexual misconduct as the cause. His parents have remained silent when questioned about the situation, stating to the Register, “We have strict orders from our lawyers (not to comment). Soon enough, I'd love to tell the other side of the story. It's ridiculous, why he's expelled. It's probably going to set some sort of precedent. We're trying to do things the gentleman's way, so we're keeping things close-knit. But you guys will get a story."

During a home game, the team decided to wear shirts with their expelled teammate’s nickname on the back. The student body responded by posting signs up around campus saying, “stop supporting a rapist.”

Montague was Yale’s fourth-leading scorer this season, and it will be hard for the Yale basketball team to play in the post-season without their captain.

We do not have all of the facts regarding Montague and his situation, but the important takeaway as of right now is that fact that the Yale student community and faculty have done an excellent job in supporting the extermination of sexual assault on campus. Despite Montague’s Yale athlete based support, a lot of other athletic departments across the country have united against sexual assault. A program in my university’s Emory athletic department (Emory University, Atlanta, GA) called, “It’s On Us,” was implemented last year, with the goal to eliminate sexual assault and relationship violence. Athletic departments across the country have been holding their students more accountable for their actions, but there is still a lot of room left for improvement.