Geno Thorpe

[Triple B]

5 minutes ago, Bull Daly said:

McMurray will play next season for SMU after transferring from USF this season. I believe he will have to sit out the fall semester but will be eligible in Jan 2018 just in time to face us. 

They're talking grad transfers ...

[footnfan1]

transfers within the AAC lose  a year of eligibility ( in addition to normal sit out a year)  per league rules IIRC. 

[JupiterBull]

On 3/10/2017 at 10:02 PM, jg233 said:

If Holston leaves he is giving up a year of eligibility.   No RS left for him to use.

If true (pretty sure it is, just too lazy to check), he likely stays against his desire.  The only way he leaves is if he can graduate before the fall semester (or maybe in Dec, and join someone in Jan?) OR he transfers down?  

He certainly flailed at the end, and seemed different after the Houston issue...and Thorpe leaving isn't likely a surprise to him.

[ForestBull]

Sooo how bout that football team,  guys? 

[JTrue]

On 3/11/2017 at 0:57 PM, footnfan1 said:

transfers within the AAC lose  a year of eligibility ( in addition to normal sit out a year)  per league rules IIRC. 

If you transfer within the conference, you sit a year and can't take a scholarship. Regular transfer and you sit for a year, but get money to do it.

[footnfan1]

JTRUe, I could be describing it poorly, here if GA comments several years ago:

The league's athletic directors, meeting in Rhode Island last month, approved a policy that allows athletes in all sports to transfer from one member school to another, providing the athlete sits out one season (as already required by the NCAA) and additionally surrenders an additional year of eligibility. The latter part of that, in place with other leagues, is fairly prohibitive -- for example, an athlete who played as a true freshman at Memphis could transfer to SMU, but only after sitting out a year, and then having only two years of remaining eligibility instead of three.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/athletes-can-transfer-within-american-but-at-a-cost/2137227

 

 

[NewEnglandBull]

So McMurray has to sit a full season? Correct? 

[Triple B]

3 hours ago, footnfan1 said:

JTRUe, I could be describing it poorly, here if GA comments several years ago:

The league's athletic directors, meeting in Rhode Island last month, approved a policy that allows athletes in all sports to transfer from one member school to another, providing the athlete sits out one season (as already required by the NCAA) and additionally surrenders an additional year of eligibility. The latter part of that, in place with other leagues, is fairly prohibitive -- for example, an athlete who played as a true freshman at Memphis could transfer to SMU, but only after sitting out a year, and then having only two years of remaining eligibility instead of three.

http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/bulls/athletes-can-transfer-within-american-but-at-a-cost/2137227

 

2 hours ago, NewEnglandBull said:

So McMurray has to sit a full season? Correct? 

If that part's the same as the NCAA, he only has to sit one year, not a season, and would be eligible in late Dec 2017. Difference is, I think, he'll only have one more season of eligibility left after that per the AAC rule.

[George_Bullnard_Shaw]

Rick Pitino came into UK in a similar situation. Heavy NCAA sanctions, no scholarships I believe the only players left he described as "one wouldn't meet my eyes, one tried to sell me a watch...". In 4 years he was in the final 4 with those marginal kids as seniors.

Opportunity is knocking!!

Unless his book was a big lie!

[Triple B]

49 minutes ago, George_Bullnard_Shaw said:

Rick Pitino came into UK in a similar situation.

There is no way you can ever realistically use the term "similar situation" when comparing our hoops to UK hoops .........