USA Today Story

[Brad Palmer]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/coll...lhouns-run-at-uconn-nearing-an-end/53098680/1

 

[kobebeanbryant]

"Herbst sounds resigned to a likelihood that players will transfer if the 2013 postseason ban is imposed."​

well, that's not good to hear. ​

 

[BUHusky]

Not sure exactly why players would transfer. If you transfer you sit out an entire year and don't play at all. If UConn is banned in 2013, they play all the games in the regular season, just not in the postseason. Plus, the only senior will be AO. The rest of the guys have at least 1 if not more years left. Just doesn't make that much sense to jump ship only to have to sit an entire year.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

Not sure exactly why players would transfer. If you transfer you sit out an entire year and don't play at all. If UConn is banned in 2013, they play all the games in the regular season, just not in the postseason. Plus, the only senior will be AO. The rest of the guys have at least 1 if not more years left. Just doesn't make that much sense to jump ship only to have to sit an entire year.

You may be wrong here. Usually the NCAA will let current players transfer to a new school without having to sit out at all if they were not involved in the suspension handed down to the school. That is how we got DJ Shoemate from USC on the football team....when USC was ineligible for post season play, the current players were allowed to transfer without sitting out a year or giving up any eligiblity. I haven't heard any clarification if that rule will still hold for academic probation...but most assume it will.

 

[UConnSportsGuy]

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/coll...lhouns-run-at-uconn-nearing-an-end/53098680/1

These same types of stories were being written 2 years ago about UConn and Calhoun...and we all know how accurate they were!

 

[upstater]

Not sure exactly why players would transfer. If you transfer you sit out an entire year and don't play at all. If UConn is banned in 2013, they play all the games in the regular season, just not in the postseason. Plus, the only senior will be AO. The rest of the guys have at least 1 if not more years left. Just doesn't make that much sense to jump ship only to have to sit an entire year.

The transfer would come with a waiver allowing them to play immediately.

 

[Vuce]

Geez - you read this and it might be best to hope we make the NCAA this year then close your eyes and wake up for the 2013-14 season. If all that came to pass (players leaving, JC retiring, one year post season ban) I am not sure we can afford to have KO take over. Uconn might be better off with a proven coach from somewhere else. We will have the new hoops practice facility at least started by then.

 

[Ts5034]

Knowing they will be able to play right away may open up a can of worms. Do you think theres coaches out there who are poaching any of our guys on the roster like an Oriakhi or Roscoe? That would be pretty low if that was the case

 

[bobbygt]

The speculation about Lamb and AD going pro is fine, but it's really annoying how they are speculating on transfers.

Assuming the ban is not lifted and if JC returns, am I off in wondering whether some of these factors are relevant?

First, the regular season is not cancelled, so they will be playing games for the team they committed to and under one of the greatest coaches ever. So, unless you are buried on the bench, it's not like it will be a wasted year.

Even if they tranfer, how do they know they'll be playing on a team that makes the tournament?

How would they every be able to look Kemba in the eyes again?

 

[UCweCONN]

The speculation about Lamb and AD going pro is fine, but it's really annoying how they are speculating on transfers.

Assuming the ban is not lifted and if JC returns, am I off in wondering whether some of these factors are relevant?

First, the regular season is not cancelled, so they will be playing games for the team they committed to and under one of the greatest coaches ever. So, unless you are buried on the bench, it's not like it will be a wasted year.

Even if they tranfer, how do they know they'll be playing on a team that makes the tournament?

How would they every be able to look Kemba in the eyes again?

With the way the NCAA has targeted UCONN, do you really doubt that they would give players waivers so they could play somewhere else?? Without the waivers, I would agree that transferring makes no sense. However, ineligibilty from the NCAA tourney could be the last push to go for players who were not playing much and already thinking of leaving. Plus, the NCAA will drag their feet for so long in making a final decision that some players might not be able to wait and may decide to go right after the season.

 

[johnhuskies95]

I have yet to see a single writer mention how the NCAA RETROACTIVELY enforced the ban.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

The NCAA is going to do the right thing and use the most recent two years for apr. if they don't we will sue the out of them and win. Double jeopardy / retroactive penalties will not be allowed to fly, nor should they.

What the NCAA is doing now is elongating this process as much as possible so as to cause as much damage as they can to Uconn. Emmert is a and would've done this anyway, but us winning last year really pissed them off.

 

[Ricky1Moore]

And yes the anti uconn slant from all the writers, who all conveniently forget to mention the words retroactive and double jeopardy, is ridiculous and sad. They are not journalists, just tweeting wanna be athletes

 

[Danzz]

Not sure exactly why players would transfer. If you transfer you sit out an entire year and don't play at all. If UConn is banned in 2013, they play all the games in the regular season, just not in the postseason. Plus, the only senior will be AO. The rest of the guys have at least 1 if not more years left. Just doesn't make that much sense to jump ship only to have to sit an entire year.

If they don't have to sit out a year there will be transfer (s) but I'd be more concerned about Omar Calhoun. He and his family have to be seriously considering other schools and you can't blame them. I hope we haven't seen the last of JC. I always thought he would come back although this latest health issue may have been the final straw.

 

[CL82]

That scandal is minor compared to the dismal picture of the team's academics in the last decade or so

Really? Past decade or so? Man we need a mainstream friendly article on this.

Talking about

-the double jeopardy aspect;
-noting Emmert's discharge from UConn might not make him friendly to the institution;
-noting that too many emails and texts are hardly the dark underbelly of athletics;
-noting that that not too long ago UConn was one of the darlings of colleges athletics as one of three institutions without a major violation; and
-noting the time delay in the Boatright matter, 10 days because his mom knew someone that the NCAA didn't like.

Too much unilateral power vested in one institution is not a good thing. Someone needs to write about it.

 

[Waquoit]

How would they every be able to look Kemba in the eyes again?

Easy. Kemba left to better his personal situation, no one else can?

 

[HuskyBballFan]

With the way the NCAA has targeted UCONN, do you really doubt that they would give players waivers so they could play somewhere else?? Without the waivers, I would agree that transferring makes no sense. However, ineligibilty from the NCAA tourney could be the last push to go for players who were not playing much and already thinking of leaving. Plus, the NCAA will drag their feet for so long in making a final decision that some players might not be able to wait and may decide to go right after the season.

The waivers would only be for players who would be ineligible for postseason play for the remainder of their career. This only applies to Oriakhi. Any other player who transfers would have to sit out a year.

 

[bobbygt]

Easy. Kemba left to better his personal situation, no one else can?

wasn't being serious on that one!

 

[HuskyBandDad]

I have yet to see a single writer mention how the NCAA RETROACTIVELY enforced the ban.

Me too - this is driving me crazy how they can change the rules in the middle of the game. I would like to hear from the lawyers on the boneyard and know what the options the school and the state has . Is a lawsuit possible and the chances of winning it ? I would think the NCAA has opened themselves up for some serious $ damages . Would the NCAA just make things worse down the road ?