In case anyone is interested..........here is the list of all the D-I players in the past year or so from the Canarias Basketball Academy who have easily gotten clearance from NCAA and entered American D-I and other NCAA schools and were deemed immediately eligible........
This list doesn't even include Ochereobia and Abdi Saer who are recent guys...
http://cbacademy.org/index.asp?modulo=23&id=35&idioma=en
Remember.. every one of these other guys was instantly cleared....all were relatively non-impact kids going to lower D-I's and thus NCAA just gave 'em all an easy pass........
But when a solid kid like Ochereobia who might make an impact is headed to Bradley - then I predict the situation will differ. So far my prediction is right on.......and at this point nothing would surprise me.
BTW - there's still no word on whether John Wilkins will get his juco associates degree this spring or even this summer, and he still has to present all his coursework to the NCAA and has yet to be cleared. He probably will get cleared since we're no longer dealing with Bradley - but the way ISU has been dumped on in regards to at-large bids lately, I guess it wouldn't surprise me if they get heaped into the up and coming mid-majors that don't catch any favors from NCAA.
Heard a good rumor that we might have some really NICE surprises this upcoming season when the full schedule comes out...
Already the news of the solid teams in the Hall of Fame Classic and matchup with USC are encouraging.
Osiris Eldridge had a solid workout with Detroit and still may get some 2nd round attention by teams who don't expect much to still be available later in the 2nd round, and as an athletic kid, OE might still get some attention.
How many Bradley fans recall Andy Bastock??
Andy played in the Stan Albeck era...1988-1991....came from Ohio.....
Here is an article about Andy Bastock-
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2010/05/13/sports/doc4beb745b0a070017460836.txt
He has been in coaching for a few years, but now gets the Lorain (Ohio) High School job.
One of the kids new Creighton coach Greg McDermott is immediately after now that his feet are on the ground in Omaha is a kid he was tracking and recruiting while at Iowa State.
McDermott is trying to get Wesley Staten interested in Creighton and land him there.
Staten first committed to Iowa State back when he was entering high school as a freshman, one of a ton of really, really early/young kids McDermott has pursued and gotten verbals from and so many over the years have changed their minds, reneged, or petered out....but then Staten committed, then decommitted, the recommitted...to Iowa State.
Now with the move by McDermott, he has decommitted from Iowa State again a second time...and McDermott is trying to land the kid at Creighton...
But here are a few notes on Wesley Staten...
--first he's had a history of troubles..arrests dating back even into his junior high years..and a lot of reports that he's been a real problem for the basketball coaching staff where he was...
--then there have been numerous rumors & articles on issues at Sioux City West HS with his behavior problems...even leading to one coach threatened quitting...and Staten being suspended for the latter part of this past season.
--now he's transferred to another school with rumors that he was booted..smack dab in the middle of the Iowa State playoffs...so it must have been something pretty significant...
http://kscjlocalsports.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/staten-leaves-west-for-heelan/
http://kscjlocalsports.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/heading-into-february/
Lots of juco interest this year and not just the tons of jucos we see going to SIU, ISU, and Creighton...but even Duke signed a juco kid, which is something quite unusual...
http://bigdukeballs.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/duke-grabs-carrick-felix/
Now North Carolina is hotly pursuing a juco kid, Eloy Vargas...
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/391896-the-north-carolina-tar-heels-now-have-four-players-targeted
And now everyone is getting into the action as Maryland grabs a little known junior college kid that's really an obscure name that a lot of recruiting sites don't even list! The kid averages 6 points and 5.6 rebs at a juco that's not exactly Chipola....
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/terrapins-insider/2010/05/maryland_lands_one_more_2010_c.html
Yet another week passes and still no word from NCAA after four years of supposedly looking into all the cheating at USC with Reggie Bush, then OJ Mayo...
This almost endless delay was predicted, just as was the same behavior by NCAA when Indiana was caught cheating - and same with UConn (who hasn't even gotten a sniff from NCAA yet..)
These big boys generally get an easy pass, get put on the back burner for years, or get by with tons of violations and no penalties (eg: Indiana).
But a minor, inadvertent overpay at Bradley warrants an immediate investigation, deemed MAJOR violations, and severe penalties...where's the justice...?
Sorry if it seems redundant, but someone has to call the crooked NCAA on this and keep reminding everyone of their bias and double standards.
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