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Shit.

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Villanova freshman Omari Spellman will be an academic redshirt for the 2016-17 season, a school spokesman told @CBSSports.

That sucks. Makes the Big East race a little more wide open....

Seeing as I'm not one of those rah rah for other Big East teams person, great news!

No worries hooligan, still have plenty of depth upfront. We shouldn't have a problem beating G'Town again this year since JTIII has made you guys about as threatening as a poodle nowadays.

What a "f'in" bad decision on the NCAAs part. They would Never do this to UNC, Kansas, Puke, or UK! Those idiots in 'Naptown and Shawnee Mission, KS are worthless. They are doin' their utmost to slowdown or stop the BE train. Surely the Cats will appeal this bad decision.



Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 4h4 hours ago
"Every battle is won before it's ever fought." - Sun Tzu

Wow that sucks.

Bad news for the whole conference even if you are one of those teams that are trying to take the top spot from nova in the conference this year.

Discussions about college basketball these days always seem to be about elite freshmen because of the age of one and done we are in. That's not me saying I think Spellman is or would be a one and done, cause I don't think that, but nova and the conference would benefit from all the positive press that surrounds a really good freshmen.

Obviously it's not going to kill the conference and it's not going to kill nova either. So what's the plan now from a basketball perspective nova fans? Is that painter kid going to get thrust into major minutes or do you think nova just goes small a lot?

SJUBBALL wrote:Bad news for the whole conference even if you are one of those teams that are trying to take the top spot from nova in the conference this year.

Discussions about college basketball these days always seem to be about elite freshmen because of the age of one and done we are in. That's not me saying I think Spellman is or would be a one and done, cause I don't think that, but nova and the conference would benefit from all the positive press that surrounds a really good freshmen.

Obviously it's not going to kill the conference and it's not going to kill nova either. So what's the plan now from a basketball perspective nova fans? Is that painter kid going to get thrust into major minutes or do you think nova just goes small a lot?

Daryl Reynolds will have to step up. Did pretty well when Ochefu was hurt but the Cats will be thin up front.

What was the issue again? Is there an appeal process. I'm sure this will hurt Nova, but they still have a lot of talent.

gtmoBlue wrote:What a "f'in" bad decision on the NCAAs part. They would Never do this to UNC, Kansas, Puke, or UK! Those idiots in 'Naptown and Shawnee Mission, KS are worthless. They are doin' their utmost to slowdown or stop the BE train. Surely the Cats will appeal this bad decision.



Jon Rothstein ‏@JonRothstein 4h4 hours ago
"Every battle is won before it's ever fought." - Sun Tzu

GTMO, glad we agree on this one. Regrettably this was the appeal. Only recourse is lawsuit which I don't see Nova or Jay doing. It is total bullsh--. As you said, it would NOT happen to UNC, Syracuse or Duke or Kansas or_____________ (insert P5 school). We could go on and on about how the NCAA is afraid of the P5 and that they get no football revenue, the treat of defection, etc. However, the double standard is ridiculous and the fact that the kid gets penalized for finishing too late by delaying his playing time later on a rule that wasn't in effect when he started high school is flat out wrong. He graduated, he did well on SATs and met the standards. I get there is a rule, but WHY is this a rule when apparently you can attend, play and not even go to class (bogus classes at that) and the school is not impacted???

It is too bad for Omari, who by accounts is a good kid. He will probably play next year and do well (would imagine he will be one and one at that point, so chemistry beyond is impacted). What is unfortunate from a team perspective this year is he won't get to play with Hart and Jenkins. I believed they had a legitimate shot at repeating, now, Nova will be very good but repeating took a hit and not sure what the ceiling is now.

Going forward, the wildcard in this is Painter. He is going to get serious minutes at the 5 with Reynolds and a small ball lineup with Paschall. Onward and upward..... last bitch session from me on it.