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Well - this is interesting ... and one player Bradley will not face December 3rd at Memphis.
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He also played with Antonio Thomas at Memphis East.houstonbrave -
This is huge news.
Wiseman was a top high school star in Nashville when he moved to Memphis to play on the Memphis East high school team coached by Penny Hardaway (and also on Hardaway's AAU team).
The NCAA has found that Wiseman's moving expenses from Nashville to Memphis were paid by Penny Hardaway. Even though Hardaway was not yet hired by Memphis as their head coach, the NCAA has deemed that he was a Memphis booster, and thus the moving expenses constituted an illegal benefit. Wiseman's family has conceded that the moving expenses amounted to $11,500, but claimed that James Wiseman did not know anything about the money.
As noted, Bradley freshman Antonio Thomas also played at Memphis East for Penny Hardaway, but this ruling does not affect Thomas in any way.
https://www.si.com/college/2019/11/0...neligible-ncaa
James Wiseman already played in Memphis' season opening game Tuesday against South Carolina State and was dominant, scoring 28 points, and grabbing 11 rebounds in just 22 minutes. He was the #1 recruit in the class of 2019, and he is projected to be the #1 overall pick in next June's 2020 NBA Draft. Wiseman has hired a lawyer, and reportedly already has filed suit. The lawyer announced:
Ballin added that a Shelby County court judge ruled to put a hold on the NCAA's ruling, pending further litigation, meaning that Wiseman will be eligible to play Friday night when the Tigers host Illinois-Chicago. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. ET.
If the ruling is upheld, he could choose to play overseas for a year, or just sit out and work out prior to the 2020 draft.
Memphis will still be a very good team without Wiseman, but maybe not quite as good as they would have been with him.Comment
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One possible outcome of this James Wiseman eligibility case at Memphis that could affect Bradley's Antonio Thomas....
There are currently court appeals regarding the ineligibility ruling, but the TSSAA (Tennessee's version of the IHSA, the state organization that governs high school sports) said on Wednesday that Memphis East will be ordered to forfeit games in which Wiseman and Boyce played -- and vacate the 2017-18 state championship -- if the association's initial ruling regarding Wiseman's eligibility is upheld by the court.Comment
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I heard on the radio the other day, Bilas said that if (more likely when) this injunction gets lifted, that the bylaws call for sanctions including possibly being banned from postseason play this season. Penny made a huge mistake playing him while all of this is being sorted out.Comment
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Today, the NCAA and Memphis reached some kind of agreement where James Wiseman will be suspended for now, while Memphis applies for reinstatement. In return, Wiseman will drop his lawsuit against the NCAA.
The NCAA is treating Memphis as if they were North Carolina or Duke. I have no doubt that if this was a midmajor, the NCAA would already have punished them severely and would be threatening the death penalty for thumbing their noses at the NCAA.
My guess is that they will try to resolve this quickly so Wiseman won't miss too many games. Bradley plays at Memphis on December 3. Memphis has 4 games between now and the game against Bradley. So let's see how many games he has to miss.Comment
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Nailed it!Originally posted by Da Coach View Post
Larry Bird
I've got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.Comment
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Da Coach I agree with your assumption.
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The NCAA has ruled that James Wiseman must sit out 11 more games for Memphis, for a total of 12 games. He sat out for their last game against Alcorn State, which Memphis won 102-56 anyway. 11 more games would mean he would sit out until a January 12 American Athletic Conference game at U. of South Florida. It also means that he will miss their December 3 game against Bradley-
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James Wiseman's college career didn't last long. Despite the fact he was due to return from the NCAA mandated suspension in a little over 3 more weeks, he has decided to leave Memphis and prepare for next summer's NBA draft-Originally posted by Da Coach View PostThe NCAA has ruled that James Wiseman must sit out 11 more games for Memphis, for a total of 12 games. He sat out for their last game against Alcorn State, which Memphis won 102-56 anyway. 11 more games would mean he would sit out until a January 12 American Athletic Conference game at U. of South Florida. It also means that he will miss their December 3 game against Bradley-
https://twitter.com/InsidetheNCAA/st...74765398028288
James Wiseman leaves Memphis, to enter NBA draft
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...nter-nba-draft
Wiseman played in Memphis' first 3 games before beginning his suspension, and averaged 19.7 ppg and 10.7 rpg.Comment
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