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Can't wait to hear our Memphis buddy squealing about this one. Good for us. We can't complain about what has happened to college sports and then accept everyone. Tough call but it is character building.
 
CallMeBruce said:
Very disappointed, but unsurprising.
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Why is it disappointing? We were never going to get him, given the recent turnaround in academics. And this way, we got another good player on a good team in our conference.
 
intlzncster said:
Why is it disappointing? We were never going to get him, given the recent turnaround in academics. And this way, we got another good player on a good team in our conference.
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We weren't always never going to get him.
 
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intlzncster said:
All around, probably a good thing. Would have loved to have him on the floor though.
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Forgive me but I don't buy the narrative this is a positive development. He is already a college graduate; maybe some academics in the faculty lounge might celebrate this - but not if you are a basketball fan. Ollie did try to get him in.
 
Chief00 said:
Forgive me but I don't buy the narrative this is a positive development. He is already a college graduate; maybe some academics in the faculty lounge might celebrate this - but not if you are a basketball fan. Ollie did try to get him in.
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He is not a college graduate. He is still an undergrad and only immediately eligible because Southern University is banned from the postseason due to APR issues.
 
Chief00 said:
Forgive me but I don't buy the narrative this is a positive development. He is already a college graduate; maybe some academics in the faculty lounge might celebrate this - but not if you are a basketball fan. Ollie did try to get him in.
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He didn't graduate college yet chief. Gotta check your sources.
 
Chief00 said:
Fishy, I believe posted, he graduated from Southern.
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Fishy said:
Something was cleared up for me - I stopped reading the other thread, so not sure if this has been mentioned.

Godfrey isn't a graduate transfer. Southern has been banned from the postseason due to their APR issues and Godfrey has been sprung Oriakhi-style. I'm sure that's why UConn admissions didn't want to entertain this one.

Calvin Godfrey, a 6-9, 210-pound power forward who spent last season at Southern, will transfer to Memphis and be eligible immediately under the APR waiver. Southern is banned from the NCAA tournament this season due to underperforming APR scores.

Godfrey was also considering UConn. He said the Huskies, for reasons he was unable to explain, couldn't "get [me] into the program."
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http://www.sadtrombone.com/
 
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tcf15 said:
He is not a college graduate. He is still an undergrad and only immediately eligible because Southern University is banned from the postseason due to APR issues.
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Thanks for the clarification.
 
Memphis will have a deep, talented and physically imposing front line next year. Bring it on!
 
We can only assume that Godfrey's transcript look problematic, and that they did not want to take any hits to their APR number. I sure would have liked to add a player of his abilities, but not at the risk of impacting any future tournament eligibility or scholarship issues.
 
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