He returned as a sophomore and began to find success as a basketball player, but was charged with misdemeanor theft as a junior for stealing football tickets from the school office and expelled again.
[1] Tinnon received community service as a punishment and failed to complete it, thus he was sentenced to several weekends in jail in nearby Appleton.
[2][3] Tinnon was unable to graduate as he was a semester short of credits, but received an offer from Williston State College with the provision that he would study for a GED while training with the basketball team.
According to a Sports Illustrated profile of Tinnon, "He did not like it [at Williston] and the coaches were no longer very fond of him, so there was a swift parting of ways.
[5] In his second season, 2012–13, Tinnon averaged a near double-double (10.5 points and 9.1 rebounds) as Marshall finished 13-19 (6-10 C-USA), losing to Tulane in the first round of the conference tournament.
[4] Tinnon declared for the 2013 NBA draft, and was considered to be at best a late-second round pick likely to play overseas in Europe.
[6] Tinnon eventually went undrafted, but played for three years in the Basketball Bundesliga for Science City Jena, S.Oliver Würzburg, SC Rasta Vechta, and VfL Kirchheim Knights, respectively.