Memphis officials, Kentucky coach John Calipari and the NCAA had their little four-hour pow-wow Saturday concerning that whole SAT scandal. The verdict? No verdict for six weeks or so, reports the Associated Press. As Clay Travis discussed Friday, Calipari is Six weeks (or more) leaves a lot of time for Tigers fans to sweat the impending doom of (gasp!) NCAA sanctions. But even more, it provides the opportunity for more allegations to come out against the program. Since the Derrick Rose story came to light, reports have placed the SAT scores of Robert Dozier in question. Another month-and-a-half leaves plenty of time for more shady recruiting stories to pop out.
That may sound unfair, but Memphis has quite obviously put itself in this position by apparently taking compliance so lightly. Taints spread. (Uh, let me rephrase that.) You can't quarantine a plague, and between Calipari's record of violations at Massachusetts, the Memphis program's close relationship with pro facilitator William Wesley and these incredible allegations, there's no stopping the rumor machine. At some point, we'll just assume every player in Memphis blue might not have become eligible legitimately.
Of course, one could argue such an attitude should be taken toward all college basketball players, especially in this era of the age limit, where (Brandon Jennings aside) kids have no viable choice but to force themselves into a university.
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6-06-2009 @ 6:36PM
the cooker said...
This is nothing new. Anybody old enough to remember Kareem,formerly known as Lew Alcinder(forgive my spelling)? He did not have the grades to get a free ride at UCLA so they hired him to change light bulbs at an obscene amount of pay for that day in time so he could pay his own way through basketball. Notice I did not say pay his way through college, big difference.
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6-07-2009 @ 8:51AM
KyCat75 said...
What is "Calipari's record of violations at Massachusetts"? My understanding was there weren't any.
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6-08-2009 @ 5:10PM
Douglas said...
Thats the best part, KY will be the next victim as the slick one moves on.......
6-09-2009 @ 8:57AM
midtowncowboy said...
Robert Dozier went to prep school for one year after high school. He was admitted to Memphis based on his lower SAT score and his work at prep school. He graduated this spring from Memphis.
Just a few details left out by the "reporter".
Any idea why we haven't heard anything from the UCONN scandal? Or is it easier to trash a non-BCS school.
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7-01-2009 @ 11:19AM
INCREDIBLE ONE said...
If you're going to write a story will you at least get your facts straight. First World Wide Wess has NO repeat NO connection to Memphis. His connection is to the former coach who's name we do not use, NOT the U of Memphis. Also the alleged problems with Doziers and Macks test score occured while they were committments to other teams NOT the U of Memphis. Doziers occured while he was a committment to the U of Georgia not the U of Memphis. Macks occured while he was a committment to the U of Florida NOT the U of Memphis. Both signed with teh U of Memphis AFTER their test problems had been cleared and teh U of Memphis had no hand in their problems. So if you want to blast someone for an incident at least get your facts straight.
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