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  • Posted on: Thu, 11/04/2010 - 5:43am #22849
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    http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2010-11-03/indiana-recruit-awaits-ncaa-clearance

    Indiana center recruit Guy-Marc Michel will not be able to play with the Hoosiers until the NCAA eligibility department clears him to compete, the school announced Wednesday.

    Before enrolling at a U.S. junior college, Michel played three years with a club team in France. In the third of those seasons, he played some games on a team with professional players. The NCAA is examining the circumstances of that participation to determine how it affects Michel’s status as a Division I player.

    "Given the experiences of other international student-athletes who have participated in European basketball systems, we anticipated some extended review of Guy’s status," coach Tom Crean said in a statement released by the school.

    "We are hopeful for a positive resolution to Guy’s case within the coming weeks. While he is not eligible to compete at this time, he will continue to improve in practice, and he’ll continue doing very well in the classroom, until the process is complete. We will have no additional comments until the matter is resolved."

    Michel is a 7-1 center from Martinique who played last year at North Idaho College, where he averaged 7 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks. He is considered raw on offense, but is an excellent athlete for his size and could excel as a defensive presence.

     

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  • Posted on: Thu, 11/04/2010 - 7:27am #427008
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    Geez, and the NCAA sure takes there sweet @ss time clearing these guys. I love how Crean says "in the coming weeks", because he has no deadline for the "inestigation". Am I the only one totally sick of these NCAA investigations and them depriving us of seeing some good college basketball players? I mean, the least they could do is what they did for Marcus Camby and Derrick Rose and just let them play until they find out they are ineligible and make the team forfeit all of there games (sarcasm, but at the same time, does anyone still think that UCLA went to the NCAA Finals in 2008 instead of Memphis?). You can harp all you want about a player being NCAA eligible, but the bottom line is, they are still at that institution until you make a decision, so at least have a deadline so they can pursue other options rather than take up a scholarship you feel goes to an actual student athlete. The NCAA’s whole spiel is about amateur status and academia, and the people that get in the way of these grand ideals get punished and potentially miss games with either their eligibility taken away or, in the case you are lucky, missing games/practice time you did not ultimately have to miss if you are allowed to play. To me, the most ridiculous part of the whole thing is, the major players they are investigating right now seemingly have not taken pay from a particular school, which I think would be the one thing that would make all of this unfair. But, well done NCAA, keep up the good fight!

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    Geez, and the NCAA sure takes there sweet @ss time clearing these guys. I love how Crean says "in the coming weeks", because he has no deadline for the "inestigation". Am I the only one totally sick of these NCAA investigations and them depriving us of seeing some good college basketball players? I mean, the least they could do is what they did for Marcus Camby and Derrick Rose and just let them play until they find out they are ineligible and make the team forfeit all of there games (sarcasm, but at the same time, does anyone still think that UCLA went to the NCAA Finals in 2008 instead of Memphis?). You can harp all you want about a player being NCAA eligible, but the bottom line is, they are still at that institution until you make a decision, so at least have a deadline so they can pursue other options rather than take up a scholarship you feel goes to an actual student athlete. The NCAA’s whole spiel is about amateur status and academia, and the people that get in the way of these grand ideals get punished and potentially miss games with either their eligibility taken away or, in the case you are lucky, missing games/practice time you did not ultimately have to miss if you are allowed to play. To me, the most ridiculous part of the whole thing is, the major players they are investigating right now seemingly have not taken pay from a particular school, which I think would be the one thing that would make all of this unfair. But, well done NCAA, keep up the good fight!

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