What’s Trending: A Busy Week For the NCAA
Posted by Matt Eisenberg on November 25th, 2019It was a busy week in Indianapolis at NCAA headquarters. After going back and forth with Memphis on the status of James Wiseman, the NCAA settled on a penalty of 12 games.
While some wanted to argue whether the suspension was warranted and others felt it was head coach Penny Hardaway who deserved the punishment, there is no argument when it comes to the NCAA’s decision to force Wiseman to repay the $11,500 his family was given…
In addition to the Wiseman saga, the NCAA dropped Level 1 allegations against Oklahoma State. The FBI probe into college basketball continues to makes headlines here…
But let’s not stop there! While the entire offseason was not quite enough time for the NCAA to make all of its rulings on transfer eligibility cases, the NCAA was busy this week.
There was Joey Hauser’s decision…
There was Micah Potter’s decision…
and there was the decision on Joel Ntambwe…
Each decision by the NCAA resulted in reactions from the head coach at each school.
Greg Gard expressed his displeasure in a postgame speech…
Tom Izzo decided the Hauser decision was enough of a reason to resign from the National Association of Basketball Coaches Board of Directors…
…and Chris Beard made a statement following the Ntambwe decision.
On the court this week, there was the usual November wackiness. No game though had more of that than Toledo/Notre Dame. There was this offensive foul on John Mooney — a call that Mike Brey and the rest of the nation are still trying to figure out.
But the wackiness did not stop with there. Down three with under 10 seconds to go. Notre Dame found itself at the free throw line. A missed foul shot led to this crazy sequence, wedgie included.
This week had upsets, including Hofstra taking down UCLA at Pauley Pavilion…
We had big-time players making big-time shots to win a game…
We had an exempt tournament taking place in a ballroom…
We had an ankle-breaking move lead to this wide-open three for Auburn’s Samir Doughty…
We had meaningless baskets with all too much importance for some…
…and not just once, but these are of course, everywhere…
We had this moment with Cassius Winston thanking the crowd for all of the support his family has received following the death of his brother…
And we saw something new with this, “the Flap Counter”…
A reminder to everyone though…
