Yup, first January and now Kouma, it sort of makes you wonder!
Makes you wonder what specifically?
Yup, first January and now Kouma, it sort of makes you wonder!
Makes you wonder what specifically?
who is your source Mr. Insider?Hearing that Kouma might not get cleared.
Hearing that Kouma might not get cleared.
NCAA. I believe he has signed his financial papers with UI so I assume they have accepted his application.Cleared by the NCAA to be eligible or Illinois not taking him?
Hearing that Kouma might not get cleared.
NCAA. I believe he has signed his financial papers with UI so I assume they have accepted his application.
Did some digging on Hamlin. Didn't realize he's a 2019. Is planning on a year of prep school (Link Prep) and reclassifying to 2020. Thinking there may be a change of plans. A redshirt year, being in the program, practicing against our bigs, should do wonders for his development. Here's his twitter page: https://twitter.com/king_rome34?lang=en
Chicago roots. Moved to Lincoln in 8th grade. Dad played for Simeon. Has a very nice frame. Should be able to add ~20 pounds of muscle: 6' 10", 245#. Could be a force in a couple of yeara.
This may seem an incredibly dumb question, but here goes. In the UNC case the NCAA determined, if I understand correctly, that it didn’t have jurisdiction to question the academic validity of course hours / credits awarded by UNC. How, then, does the NCAA have jurisdiction to question the academic validity of course hours / credits awarded by a high school or prep school ?
FIFYSeriously? You're asking the NCAA rules to be consistent? The NCAA definition of "consistency" is what makes the most business sense at the time. It can vary from minute to minute, person to person, BLUE BLOOD to everybody else.
I guess it could be Kouma's, maybe he was just assuming he would be cleared by NCAA. But goes back to my earlier observation that in an earlier interview with BU when he discussed improved frontcourt without Samba he did not mention Kouma.
But, I guess we'll know soon.
Just a few thoughts, and while I firmly feel that Kouma will be on campus sooner than later, I will believe it when I see it; bureaucracy and the procedures that are its progeny may hold up indefinitely his arrival date. It is nice that he is retweeting and cheering on the team, but this is something that should have been sorted out by the AD's office by now. If Kouma is not cleared, which should further indict the NCAA's commitment to its "student athletes", it makes even more sense to add another player who is more than a project and will add more depth than a walk-on; you could make a case for leaving one scholarship open for next year, but if Ayo and Kofi both leave, one of which is as close to guaranteed as possible, why not try to hedge against the issue of roster churn to give stability to a rebuilding, non-Blue Blood team (not rhetorical)?
Tough to believe NCAA requirements are more difficult than those of UI. An ethics course maybe?If the NCAA would let him practice and red shirt, might do like St John' s did with Marcus Lovett when the NCAA failed to academically qualify him.
Gotta admit. I’m lostThanks for the none too subtle hint.
I could be lost with you...did a bit of googling though and I think the 'none too subtle' hints are about Jermaine Hamlin. There is a Hamlin Cookie company. If I'm wrong, I'll eat crow, but I'd rather eat a cookie.Gotta admit. I’m lost
Also lost, was thinking that was a reference to Brian Cook, and was looking for a recruit from Lincoln.I could be lost with you...did a bit of googling though and I think the 'none too subtle' hints are about Jermaine Hamlin. There is a Hamlin Cookie company. If I'm wrong, I'll eat crow, but I'd rather eat a cookie.
I think your version makes much more sense! I forgot that Cook went to Lincoln High. Good call. Unless we're all wrong and lost.Also lost, was thinking that was a reference to Brian Cook, and was looking for a recruit from Lincoln.
I think your version makes much more sense! I forgot that Cook went to Lincoln High. Good call. Unless we're all wrong and lost.
If the NCAA would let him practice and red shirt, might do like St John' s did with Marcus Lovett when the NCAA failed to academically qualify him.