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Message: [QUOTE="Umami Zen, post: 3885070, member: 10678"] Richie has four more years of eligibility after this season. The NCAA granted winter sport athletes an additional year of college athletic eligibility as a result of the COVID disruption in the 2020-2021 scheduling of games and its impact on the starts and stops of certain teams/athletes seasons. This is also why you do not see any redshirt activity this season since it's a "free" year re; athletic eligibility. There is an additional disruption this year re: the ability of CBB players to enter the transfer portal without having to sit out a year as in years past. This new dynamic will impact how coaches recruit and build their rosters and how fluid athlete's movements among different BB programs will become and the impact in the grad transfer market as well. Most BYers are already aware of these developments and is why the discussions about the future plans of our seniors Whaley/Polley/Carlton are discussed so frequently and why the future decision of BA is of interest re: the potential to open up a third scholarship for 2021. Since BA was acknowledged on Senior Night it is a possibility that this was his/UConn's way of suggesting he may choose to exit the Program after graduating in 3 years.. No public disclosures have been made by he and his family at this time as to his specific plans. Additionally, this is why Javonte Brown was able to transfer within the season without any concern about the effect it would have on his eligibility at his new landing spot. [/QUOTE]

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