James Wiseman ruled ineligible

[HuskylnSC]

It was in 2018

Right it was 2017. Penny contributed to Memphis in 2008 and that made him a booster. My confusion. Thanks,

 

[goskis2018]

Does Memphis drop in the AP poll because of this?

 

[djct1999]

Wouldn’t be shocked if the precious recruitment was fishy too

You think?

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Sure, but is the paying booster Hardaway still eligible a la Bill Self, Sean Walsh, et al?

 

[sledog]

Apparently he is playing tonite. ESPN shows him in the pre-game warm-ups. Waiting for NCAA to react to local (hayseed?) judge. But with no other court order, ... oh, oh.

 

[Stinger92860]

And here I was thinking Wiseman picked Memphis for the academics

 

[MemphisBlues]

The NCAA ruled that based on a 2008 donation by Penny to the University of Memphis he remained a booster in 2017 we need help with Wiseman moving expenses while his AAU coach. That's where the confusion with 2008 and 2017 come in.

 

[MuchoDogYears]

I’m all for watching a non UConn program suffer but this is bs. No way in hell the NCAA would do this to a bigger program.

You mean like Duke and Zion, and the McMansion house the family moved into in NC?

 

[Tuna]

Hard to understand why anyone here would cheer for this.

 

[uconnbill]

Memphis isn't Arizona, Duke, Kansas, or Kentucky so this is a no go.

 

[TheChamps990411]

Hard to understand why anyone here would cheer for this.

 

[MemphisBlues]

Memphis up 47-16 at the half with Wiseman playing. Can't have this.

 

[Horatio]

They claim Penny moved Wisemans family to Memphis in 08. The NCAA is undefeated lol

11 years ago. SMH

 

[don356]

What happens in Tennessee stays in Tennessee. Nashville to Memphis, no problem. Hard to believe that costs 12k down there. LOL

 

[HooperScooper]

Wouldn't Memphis have to forfeit this win if Wiseman's ineligibility is ultimately upheld? Surprised they're having him play tonight.

You know what UConn would do? They would hold him out. Who was the player a few years ago who UConn held out the first few games as a precaution because the NCAA was supposedly cracking down on the academics from prep schools? It was someone really good. Most of the other schools didn't care and played their freshmen players from prep schools. But not UConn. And of course nothing ever happened to any of the players and the whole thing went away quietly. I remember being pretty pissed about it.

 

[Leebo]

11 years ago. SMH

Multiple people already addressed this misinformation.

 

[Austin316]

Interesanteeee

 

[HuskyHawk]

11 years ago. SMH

It was 2017. Penny wasn’t coach but was considered a booster.

 

[MemphisBlues]

Penny made a 2008 donation to the school. That, according to the NCAA, made him a booster in 2017.

 

[ZenConn]

What violations?

 

[Salty Dog]

NCAA should come down HARD on Memphis or it's gonna become a free-for-all. Their decision to blatantly ignore the NCAA recommendations could set a horrible precedent. They should forfeit their first two wins and have additional penalties slapped on. It's just laughable that it's gonna happen to Memphis and not the UNC's, Duke's, and Arizona's, but we should expect nothing less.

We all wondered how Penny landed so many good players - now we know.

 

[Scoe]

Don’t really feel bad for Memphis but the NCAA needs to be burned down.

 

[Shine33]

Penny and Memphis might just continue to send a big “screw you” to the NCAA and play him anyway. And honestly, I’m with that, the NCAA is a clown show, Arizona, Kansas, UNC, Louisville should all be getting punished and it’s weird to me how fast NCAA acted on Memphis and not these other programs. And how these others programs got full seasons without dealing with repercussions. I think Memphis knows this and is just done with their crap. I’m not really sure just speaking my mind

 

[Caronimo]

I want to post my feelings on all of this but I’m too confused and at the same time it all makes sense. What in the heeeeeelllll

 

[HuskyHawk]

Penny made a 2008 donation to the school. That, according to the NCAA, made him a booster in 2017.

The fact that he’s the most famous athlete to graduate from the school should do that anyway.
Role of Boosters. He clearly promoted the school’s athletic interests.

Here’s the real question, was he already in discussion to become the coach? If so, that’s a problem for Memphis. If not, I think he can argue he did it for the HS team he coached, with no expectation to benefit Memphis. If he was already negotiating to become the coach, I think Wiseman is going to be ineligible.