According to Seth Davis.
I have to admit, I have no sympathy for Cal or the Kentucky fans.
According to Seth Davis.
I have to admit, I have no sympathy for Cal or the Kentucky fans.
Interesting that he will be kept on as an assistant coach/student. So that means he can travel and practice with the team, I assume?
don't worry....his dad said he'd be back next year...he GUARANTEED IT...
"One POSSIBLE future. From your point of view... I don't know tech stuff.".... Kyle Reese
Why are you wasting time here when you could be wasting it by listening to the latest episode of the DBR Podcast?
Thus the beauty of the charade that Enis would come back and play next year and UK appealing the finding ...
They make it SEEM like Enis is eager to play - so there is no suspicion that he is avoiding real competition - and he maintains his top-5 aura until he is old enough to be drafted
I'm sure Cal wouldn't risk anything that might compromise the eligibility of the entire team... wait...
Those UK fans didn't let me down.
Check out the comment from "them" in this blog that was linked from the DBR front page list of stories
What was the Kanter decision about? Why, it was about the double standard that exists for Duke as exemplified by Myron Piggie and Corey Maggette, of course.April 1997 to August 1997: Kansas City summer basketball coach Myron Piggie makes cash payments to high school player Corey Maggette totaling $2,000. The money comes from a revenue pool that includes donations to Piggie from professional sports agents Kevin Poston and Jerome Stanley.
Nov. 12, 1997: Maggette signs a national letter of intent with Duke....
The greatest day in Kentucky basketball will be when Coach Cal is sitting in the green room for the 2011 NBA draft at the table of Enes Kanter and he gets drafted number one overall. Coach Cal will take all the credit for his development over the past year.
Congrats Kentucky Basketball on a new high for your program.
Duke will just have to settle for a 5th National Championship and Nolan and Kyle going in the top twenty selected and Kyrie staying for his sophomore year.
Just another down year for the Duke program.
The Terrapin Assassin
Spot on, Duvall. Although his role going forward will be limited, UK has already gained an advantage from Kanter's presence.
The real advantage for UK is two-fold.
The Kanter debate has moved the focus of the media off his star freshman for the entire pre-conference schedule. This allows guys like Lamb, and Knight to acclimate to the speed of the college game with a little less of the UK media microscope.
As Duvall has mentioned, Enes is not allowed to practice with the team as a player; however, Kanter was permitted to practice before their pre-season trip to Canada and again after UK filed each of their appeals. Additionally, sporting news is reporting that
It is no coincidence that during the last two months Josh Harrellson has developed into a significant contributor. Last year he put up 14 DNP's(coaches decision) while registering 1.4 pts/1.3 rbs in junk time. Now he is playing major minutes. Without Josh’s 23 points and 14 rebounds against Louisville last week, UK loses. Harrellson’s growth looks to be as huge an impact to the current UK team as Zoubek’s contributions to last year’s Duke team. You can pin Josh’s in game maturity to the experience he is getting by playing a European pro daily in practice."A source has told SN that the plan is to use Kanter as a student assistant coach, which would allow him to be used as a practice player as well as perform limited coaching duties. This would give him an opportunity to prepare physically for the 2011 NBA draft."
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-bas...tly-ineligible
John Calipari knew the chances of getting any real game minutes from Enes Kanter were highly unlikely. However, the benefits to the current team have been well worth the effort. Even if you think Calipari is a complete slime ball, you have to tip your hat to the way he has managed to game the system for his benefit. He is a master of bending the rules without suffering any significant personal punishment.
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Kanter is now 0-1 as an undergraduate student coach. He's got to pick up his game if he's going to catch Coach K!
The NCAA should do themselves and everyone else a favor and throwout that new rule, which got everyone into this situation in the first place.