James Wiseman ruled ineligible

[uconnell]

Lmfaoooo. And the crumble begins

Wiseman already played in a game. What happens in this case?

 

[UC1995]

Potential 2020 No. 1 NBA Draft Pick James Wiseman Ruled Ineligible at Memphis

The lawyers for University of Memphis center James Wiseman announced Friday that he has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski ...

bleacherreport.com

 

[kansashusky]

We cannot get out of this conference soon enough. There is a reason Dan Hurley stopped recruiting Precious.

 

[Rico444]

Aaaaaand now he got a temporary injunction and can play tonight.

 

[OkaForPrez]

Dudes attorney is named Les Ballin. Less Ballin for sure.

 

[tykurez]

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.

 

[BNich]

WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW. So who else did Penny help out?

 

[UConnTrumbull]

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.

100% true. Where is Arizona’s punishment?

 

[navery12]

 

[Hoophound]

It isn’t bs that he’s ineligible, it’s bs that Duke and UNC among others do it year after year and don’t get busted too. Playing favorites on this issue is despicable.

 

[UconnU]

So they were leaning towards making him ineligible, the school’s attorney leaked the information knowing that it would create public backlash, forcing them to have to issue a statement saying that he was eligible...

The NCAA needs to decide if they’re an amateur sports org or professional.... the rules they create need to apply to everyone equally. If Hurley had this type of a relationship with a recruit where he facilitated, financed their families move to Hartford before they committed that player would 100% be ruled ineligible.

 

[uconn1999]

You left out he would be fired, we would lose ’ships, banned etc

 

[HuskyHawk]

Time for popcorn. And a UConn game. Memphis plays him at their own risk right now. Ineligibility is retroactive when it does come down. We’ve seen UConn sit guys waiting to be sure, Boatright I think.

 

[ucawn]

I mean I’m mad because they likely stole precious for the same stuff but I’d be pissed if I was Memphis. No other P5 school gets investigated and then punished.

 

[pj]

The $400,000 in moving expenses did seem a bit excessive.

 

[ElmCity40th]

The NCAA should be ashamed of their damn selves, they let Kentucky, Duke, and Kansas get away with murder. And they don’t do anything.This is steering 101. Either go to certain schools if you’re a Top recruit or face scrutiny. Zion, Bagley III, Kansas’s past 3 classes, and the squid gonna squid. All have stank on them. F the NCAA if Wiseman is ruled ineligible. F them anyway!!!

 

[UconnU]

It was 11 years ago. The kid was 7 years old and wasn't considered an eligible recruit at that time. The NCAA says you can't recruit anyone until they are in high school. Isn't there some statute limitations here. We could be in trouble here because Geno's dad help DT's uncle move to the states. The NCAA is ridiculous.

It wasn’t 11 years, it was last year.

 

[InKembaITrust]

Whelp, think we all saw this one coming a mile away.

Precious regret not coming to UConn now?

 

[navery12]

It was 11 years ago. The kid was 7 years old and wasn't considered an eligible recruit at that time. The NCAA says you can't recruit anyone until they are in high school. Isn't there some statute limitations here. We could be in trouble here because Geno's dad help DT's uncle move to the states. The NCAA is ridiculous.

It was in 2018

 

[phillionaire]

You absolutely hate to see it

 

[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.