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De'Janae Boykin

Fairfield Fan said:
Penn State should put out a press release explaining her status. Simple. If a player doesn't play, or if a player's status has somehow been altered, the university, through the PR department, let's people know.

Should be a simple matter.
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Why? You can never give the real reason so what purpose would this serve?
 
MilfordHusky said:
Is a medical redshirt possible for DJB?
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I'm not sure what the maximum number of games you can play before being red shirted but it's certainly possible as she only played in something like 5 or 6 games
 
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MilfordHusky said:
Is a medical redshirt possible for DJB?
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My understanding of the NCAA rule for medical hardship waivers is that the player cannot have played (a) in more than 30% of the team's contests for that season, nor (b) in any games in the second half of the season (as defined by number of contests).

For Boykin this is a very close call. She's played in only 6 games, so the 30% criterion is easily met. But her last game was against Purdue on January 7, which was Penn State's 16th game. This means (again, if I'm understanding the rule correctly) that PSU's season will need to consist of at least 32 games for her to satisfy the second-half-of-season criterion.

Penn State's regular season consists of 28 games. So, between the Big Ten tournament and the WNIT (and PSU will almost certainly receive a bid), PSU will need to play at least 4 postseason games. Certainly a possibility, since they'd only have to win one game in the Big Ten tournament and one WNIT game, but far from certain.

If I have any of my facts wrong, someone please correct me.
 
CajunHusky said:
No.

less than 20% of games, and no games in the second half of the season.
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It's my understanding that the 20% threshold applies to Division II. For Division I, it's 30%; for Division III, it's one-third.
 
Plebe said:
My understanding of the NCAA rule for medical hardship waivers is that the player cannot have played (a) in more than 30% of the team's contests for that season, nor (b) in any games in the second half of the season (as defined by number of contests).

For Boykin this is a very close call. She's played in only 6 games, so the 30% criterion is easily met. But her last game was against Purdue on January 7, which was Penn State's 16th game. This means (again, if I'm understanding the rule correctly) that PSU's season will need to consist of at least 32 games for her to satisfy the second-half-of-season criterion.

Penn State's regular season consists of 28 games. So, between the Big Ten tournament and the WNIT (and PSU will almost certainly receive a bid), PSU will need to play at least 4 postseason games. Certainly a possibility, since they'd only have to win one game in the Big Ten tournament and one WNIT game, but far from certain.

If I have any of my facts wrong, someone please correct me.
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The only thing I would add is that, IIRC, they also add the first game of the conference tournament to the regular season total for an adjusted total of what constitutes the season for this purpose. From that, the 30% threshold is calculated. I may be wrong. Stamfordhusky offered clarity in the past, and might again.

It would really suck big time if she missed the cutoff. She seems to be "snake bit," as they say. I'm hoping for the best.
 
bags27 said:
I appreciate your comment and have probably written something similar myself on different occasions.

But we have to be careful judging a young person as if it's a binary "buying in" or not. We only know her as a basketball talent; we don't know the other challenges or the full complexity of her life (as all of our lives are full of challenges and complexity). She very well may be in need of compassion and understanding.
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Who isn't?
 
JS said:
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P.S. What does a shaking fist sound like? Is it holding a rattle?
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The sound of one hand clapping?
 
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VAMike23 said:
The only thing I would add is that, IIRC, they also add the first game of the conference tournament to the regular season total for an adjusted total of what constitutes the season for this purpose. From that, the 30% threshold is calculated. I may be wrong. Stamfordhusky offered clarity in the past, and might again.

It would really suck big time if she missed the cutoff. She seems to be "snake bit," as they say. I'm hoping for the best.
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Nerdy research alert: Okay, I had seen conflicting information about this issue of how a conference tournament or the NCAA or NIT tournament would count toward the season total for purposes of the 30% calculation. But here it is, straight from the NCAA Division I Manual:

12.8.4.3.6.1.1.1 Conference Championships. A conference championship shall be counted as one contest or date of competition in determining the institution’s scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition in that sport, regardless of the number of days or games involved in the championship. However, for purposes of this regulation, the calculation of scheduled or completed contests or dates of competition in a particular season does not include postseason competition conducted after the completion of the institution’s regular-season schedule and conference tournament [emphasis mine]. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D117.pdf
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So basically, no redshirt for Boykin. Once she played past the 14th game of a 29-contest season, she was done. But hey, she will be finishing her second year of college in a few months. Hopefully she can get healed up and play a solid three more years of college basketball.
 
"“She’s done for the year,” Washington said. “She’s on crutches now, so that was a big blow [because] we were hoping to have her for the second half of the season.”

Poor kid. Though she left UConn, I think we all want these young ladies to succeed. And injuries are sad. Hope she gets well fast, and that she has a successful and fulfilling career at Penn State.
 
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