Another teammate of Michael Ocherobia signs to play with D1 school

[tornado]

kids from the US have records so that a coach can at least have a reasonable idea if he's qualified..but they're still cautious...
we see coaches backing off solid candidates all the time because of grades....
the Euro kids - they don't they have to get some evidence....

[tornado]

Simply put -- it is wise for BU to keep the OPEN scholarship until the one we want AND want to sign can be 100% certified eligible and able to enroll and play this season.

[DoubleJayAlum]

The next and ONLY time that Wilkins might have been able to sign a LOI would be spring of 2010...as it was NOT certain in fall of 2009 that his academics were on track after just 9 months at juco - to graduate and get his associates degree.

Must have been a pretty magical second semester academically if a kid went from "we aren't sure if academics are on track in the fall" to "fully eligible" in the spring!

how many kids who are academically ineligible are asked by Creighton to sign a LOI???
Has it happened in the past 5 years?? I suspect it has not......

Red Herring. There is no evidence that Wilkins was academically ineligible. In fact, since he was deemed good to go in the spring, it is probably pretty likely everything was good to go in the fall. One other problem with your example - you have failed to show that Creighton even offers kids that are not eligible.....

[AZ BU Fan]

Anyone wanna bet the next announcement on MO is his decision to enroll at Southeastern CC?

[Beninator]

So how would they suddenly become "adequate" by BU standards? It seems like if it hasn't been resolved in the past 2 months, it won't be at all. I don't want to give up hope for MO, but it just doesn't sound good at this point with no news and I bet it's been a priority for the BU staff to get this resolved.

I very much agree!

[Future Walk-On]

I think someone at Bradley....someone with alot of power doesn't want MO here.

A basketball player that seems needed for a team and is fairly hyped not sliding through the academic process like you see all the time in college sports?

He must have never attended a school in his life.....

[Braves4Life]

I think someone at Bradley....someone with alot of power doesn't want MO here.

I think you a wrong on so many counts and WAY off base here. I'd rather be an alum of a school with some academic integrity than to be nothing but a wh0re.

[Future Walk-On]

I think you a wrong on so many counts and WAY off base here. I'd rather be an alum of a school with some academic integrity than to be nothing but a wh0re.

I don't think so. I have no other theories left.

I want to hear exactly WHY he is ineligible before I am content.

[Future Walk-On]

It is one thing if he didn't go to high school or got a 12 on his ACT.

Are you saying that not one athlete who has played for Bradley has had worse credentials than kids who have been denied by the admissions department?

[ph]

It is one thing if he didn't go to high school or got a 12 on his ACT.

Are you saying that not one athlete who has played for Bradley has had worse credentials than kids who have been denied by the admissions department?

I wonder about that point, too. It happens everywhere to some extent. Amacker got into trouble recently for accepting players with a slightly lower profile than Harvard's admissions typically allow. (Still good enough to get academic scholarships at most Universities, just not Harvard great).

Like most educational institutions, Bradley has diversity goals so admissions targets do bend for the overall benefit of the student body, and its not like Bradley has to admit under a direct governmental minimum standard.

[tornado]

I want to hear exactly WHY he is ineligible before I am content.

as I understand, he has NOT yet been cleared by NCAA as they review all his course work....thus he is NOT eligible to enroll on scholarship at any D-I school.
John Wilkins, just as Ehimen Orukpe and Shang Ping all had the exact same issue...not cleared for initial eligibility at D-I.
It is called "Initial Eligibility" and here is everything you need to know..

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/037d9e804e0b8ac79cf0fc1ad6fc8b25/Initial_Eligibility_FAQ.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=037d9e804e0b8ac79cf0fc1ad6fc8b25

And here are a few additional facts as they apply to "International Students"...

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/02e806804e0b8acd9d08fd1ad6fc8b25/International_Student_FAQ.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=02e806804e0b8acd9d08fd1ad6fc8b25

http://www.ncaapublications.com/p-4178-international-standards-2010-guide-to-international-academic-standards-for-athletics-eligibility.aspx

It appears as though it is made intentionally a bit complex...but probably not too different than dealing with the IRS or your health insurance company.

[cpacmel]

But his academic background is not yet adequate for admission to BU. It's not an NCAA issue as far as I know.

as I understand, he has NOT yet been cleared by NCAA as they review all his course work....thus he is NOT eligible to enroll on scholarship at any D-I school.

Much like the Wilkins saga, this is all pretty interesting.

I just want to know if it's an NCAA thing or not?

[tornado]

since this isn't something that's posted publicly by any of the parties, we can only go on what we hear...
take it or leave it..

[SFP]

I guess we all want to know why MO has not been cleared but in reality it is none of our business. I still believe in privacy. Would I want to now what the next steps will be? Yes.

[Future Walk-On]

Much like the Wilkins saga, this is all pretty interesting.

I just want to know if it's an NCAA thing or not?

i was confused too.

if it is Bradley....i would really like to know why. i have to believe it is NCAA or it is an extreme academic case with Bradley.