Another ISU Scholarship.

[jeffsu]

According to WHOI's Jim Mattson:

@hoijim: ISU Redbirds add 6-foot-6 Geoffery Allen. Transfer from Eastern Washington. Played in 2010-11. Sat out last year. Son of NBA star Lucius


@hoijim: Allen will sit out next year, then have 2 years to play at ISU. Prep ball at LA Pacific Hills. Averaged 2 points, 10 minutes as frosh at EWU

With Keane, doesn't that put them one over? Or did they Jank one already that I missed? (Or: Can I not count?)

[lake Camelot]

It is hard to tell from stats alone. But that is a very unimpressive resume. Are you sure he isn't a walkon?

[lightsout]

Article on Geoffery Allen

http://www.goredbirds.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/060412aab.html

[Nacho]

There are 3 scenarios IMO:

Simpson isn't going to qualify
Geoffrey Allen will walk-on
Bryant Allen will not be getting a scholarship as was rumored. No one really knows if he was ever given one or not...

[Nacho]

Also, and home and home with Dayton was announced- starting away

[Da Coach]

Is John Jones qualified?

[AZ BU Fan]

New math being taught at Illinois State U?

13+1=13


Q. If Coach Mueller has 13 scholarship players and adds one more, how many scholarship players will Coach Mueller have now?

A. 14 until the NCAA starts nosing around, then 13 once they figure out who gets Janked!

Q. How will ISU-R determine who gets Janked?
A.

[Nacho]

Is John Jones qualified?

No one really knows... seems as though the NCAA may be trying to screw with this kid.

From my understanding, John was originally ruled a 2012 recruit by the NCAA. Then they re-reviewed his Barbados transcripts and decided after his one year of school in Indiana, that he was a high school graduate, which moved him to a 2011 recruit. Major schools were eyeing him as a 2012 recruit after some Chicago high school events in the summer of 2011 but once he was re-classified to a 2011 recruit, ISU landed him.

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/high-school/post/_/id/1345/illinois-state-lands-barbados-jones

The Pantagraph said in Nov. 2011 that he was cleared to practice and be on scholarship, but not yet cleared to play: http://www.pantagraph.com/blogs/redb...cc4c002e0.html

Freshman forward John Jones has been cleared by the NCAA to practice and be on scholarship, but may not be eligible to play this season. It doesn??™t matter. He will be redshirted anyway.

That is really the last thing in print about the issue... ISU fans have just assumed it was taken care of and he would have 4 years of eligibility (using last year as a RS). One poster on RBF said he is hearing the NCAA will be/has ruled him eligible but only for 2 years to play... no clue on the validity of the post or the rationale behind the potential ruling though...

[tornado]

Getting back to Geoffrey Allen - does anyone know why he sat an entire year in 2011-2012 then transfers, instead choosing any of several different options that would have worked out way, way better??

Like ...maybe enrolling at a juco, or returning to EWU, or simply asking for his release back in fall of 2011 and transferred then,

Had he gone to juco & "rehabbed" and now gone D-I - not only would he not have had to sit out another full year, but he also would still have THREE years left of eligibilty.
Had he gone to juco and played a little last year - he'd have had the chance to build his resume and still been immediately eligible at D-I this coming year with 2 years left.
Every one of the multiple other choices would have preserved all of his eligibility - except for the choice of sitting out the full year, then transferring, which forces him to sit out another year.

[jeffsu]

Looks like Simpson will be heading to Lakeland JuCo.

[lake Camelot]

The stuff I saw on twitter said Lincoln College. You sure you have the right school?

[Da Coach]

Looks like Simpson will be heading to Lakeland JuCo.

I was saying his grades wouldn't be good enough for him to qualify back in January. That's the reason no other school offered him. Jank's offer was a longshot hope that he'd turn things around in his final semester.

http://www.bradleyfans.com/vb/showthread.php?p=249381#post249381

[Da Coach]

Evan Thomas has a nice report on Aaron Simpson to Lincoln College-

http://www.rocwithme.com/college/aaron-simpson-lincoln-college

I am surprised and wonder why he didn't choose one of the many very good D1 junior colleges in Illinois that I am sure would have liked to have him.

[CubbieBear]

Just a guess here...but since Simpson was recruited by Judson--and Judson remained on the ISU staff with Muller--I wonder if Judson didn't sort of "guide" Simpson to Lincoln? Ex ISU player Anthony Slack is a coach there (and Tanner Morris is there) and it is physically close to Normal.

[it's boogie time]

Isn't there a Lincoln College in Normal, IL just off the interstate? Didn't the infamous Bobby Hill go there for a year?