BlindLoyalty
- FartNoiseMotivation
Underwood must wear Velcro shoes.
Illini Basketball 2018-2019
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Plus he took his SAT in Detroit.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
That sounds right. Bradley is in the same boat. They have a big that reclassified, also a foreign born player. He's enrolled in summer classes, but hasn't cleared the NCAA clearinghouse yet.
NCAA can stop you from going on scholarship.
If Illinois let him come all the way to campus, it's because they'd accepted him as a student.
That's Occam's Razor anyway.
The only way it's an Illinois issue is if in his last semester (acceptances are conditional on completing the requisite classes obviously) he flunked something that was Illinois required but not NCAA required. For a normal kid that's just the foreign languages requirement. But Kane has had a circuitous path, so who the heck knows.
Make this an Illinois admissions problem when you see him suited up at another D1 school.
mattcoldagelli
- The Transfer Portal
Man, extra tough break for the “Ebo must have left because Samba was a surefire starter” crowd.
Ayuhp . . . .
I'm still believing in BU, but this falls squarely on him and his staff. We've set ourselves up for this. You have to successfully recruit players that have little to no risk. The more frequently you load the roster with kids who aren't committed to the school, don't have the required skills, don't have a water-tight transcript, don't fit your style of play, etc, then the more frequently you'll have attrition that causes you to scramble and lower your standards the next year. They have to get it done. Loyola and lots of other schools do.
Technically, to be a revolving door some people would have to be coming in.
Yeah, this is a smart way to look at it.
I would say, don’t give up on seeing Kane in O&B just yet, though obviously if you’re looking to start a true freshman big, missing the summer learning and development period is a big problem.
into a hockey arena.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
It will be interesting if we hear what the hold up is. I'm pretty sure that someone on Underwood's staff has been in contact with Samba and also admissions before today. You would think that they would have had a decent idea on if there were any problems. As someone said, it might have been something from this last semester of school.
Looking at the Illinois AD directory, I would think it would either be under the Academic Services area or the Compliance area. I'm sure they are in contact with admissions all the time.
Can’t believe our football program is the gold standard for our $$$ sports
illinipioneer
- Richmond, VA
+1 I hear "Cold As Ice" is going to be playing prior to announcement!
Hopefully, somewhere far away from Missouri.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
2018: The Summer of Giorgi!
To be clear, you can't go into any degree of detail about this stuff publicly due to federal FERPA regulations. Kane could personally, but Underwood, Whitman, or other university personnel cannot.
Don't expect to hear any more details.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
Yeah, good point. I should have know that after dozing off last week during my kid's orientation. I heard FERPA and immediately the zzz's hit me.
Maybe Samba is scared of Giorgi.
Seriously, anything academically should have been under review long before now. You don't bring the kid to campus then send him home if he doesn't have classes necessary.
Peoria Illini
- Peoria, IL
They may have been waiting on his final transcripts. If they were waiting on something that was being finalized in this Spring semester, possibly.
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