College Bball Thread

[Stuhoo]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Is this a threat

"Joey? Eat yer damn brussel sprouts or I'll bring Reed Bailey back to play for the Hoosiers."

"But mommmmmm!!!!"

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Reneau is a beast in the college landscape. Loved him as a player.  Someone will get a great one with him.  It obviously won’t be us.  Bailey, as bad as he was for us has a skill set. The B1G wasn’t his can of worms but he can find success in the right spot, and right position. 

[Demo]

Reluctantly, this is where I am now as well. I was ok with the ‘22’s just being the victims of bad luck here because new rules have to have a starting point and that’s life. But since some ‘22’s are already getting injunctions and others are gonna then it’s got to be everybody. I don’t like it for the ‘26’s but if this is where we’re headed we just need together on with it. 

[str8baller]

5 hours ago, Demo said:

Reluctantly, this is where I am now as well. I was ok with the ‘22’s just being the victims of bad luck here because new rules have to have a starting point and that’s life. But since some ‘22’s are already getting injunctions and others are gonna then it’s got to be everybody. I don’t like it for the ‘26’s but if this is where we’re headed we just need together on with it. 

“Tough cookie” isn’t really a great legal strategy, especially for an organization that is synonymous with arbitrary and capricious decision making.  
 

I don’t necessarily disagree with you*, but the NCAA rolling this out at the last minute knowing they only need a few injunctions to make it moot is just another in a long line incredibly dumb NCAA legal moves.   
 

*I actually think I probably agree with you in principle at the beginning of this, but given that it would’ve been just sliding one last class 5 years of eligibility sandwiched in between the 5yrs of covid eligibility and the new 5 years standard, they should’ve just relented and covered the ‘26 class. 

[AZ Hoosier]

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/49500831/in-temporary-injunction-19-players-granted-5th-season

Looks like the judge also ordered a special transfer portal for these "kids"...

"Defendant shall recognize Plaintiffs as eligible for the 2026-2027 basketball season and shall not deny or impede their recruitment, transfer, or certification on the basis of the challenged eligibility determination," I'Ashea Myles of the Davidson County Chancery Court wrote in her 33-page ruling.

Myles, who heard motion arguments July 22, also ordered that the transfer portal open at noon Monday until 8 a.m. on Aug. 10 for any player wanting to enter and schools wanting to reach out.

 

[Demo]

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