Jahvon Quinerly was a five-star recruit who played one season at Villanova before transferring to Alabama.
After being originally denied an eligibility waiver by the NCAA last month, he spoke to the Committee for Legislative Relief on Monday, but had his appeal also denied. That means he’ll have to sit out until next year.
Bama Athletic Director Greg Byrne and head basketball coach Nate Oats released this statement in response to the news:
Excuse me. I awake from my blogging slumber to bring you this very important National Champion update.
Eric Paschall, who was drafted 41st overall by the Warriors, behind the Sixers’ 33rd and 34th overall picks, Carson Edwards and Bruno Fernando (draft day swaps), put up 36 and 13 for the Warriors last night alongside fellow National Champion Omari Spellman (7 and 3 in 15 minutes). Paschall, who has turned in three 20+ point games, is averaging 16 and 4 over his first five NBA games.
Head coach and sometimes stance-taker Steve Kerr, however, veered a bit too close to the third rail for my liking, insinuating that Jay Wright didn’t know what to do with such a talent:
“I just told Eric (Paschall) the only person who can keep Eric under 20 was (Villanova head coach) Jay Wright,” Warriors head coach Steve Kerr joked.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpearsESPN) November 5, 2019
Steve Kerr on Eric Paschall’s big night, his powerful game pic.twitter.com/JZ5SNSD0ZN
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) November 5, 2019
“Jay’s my guy.” I wonder if they get together and compare stories of championships and rings. Yeah, I bet they probably do.
Paschall, whom I never thought would catch on in the NBA let alone ever turn in a 30+ point scoring performance, becomes just the latest Wildcat from the National Championship squad (2018 edition– there are three) to turn in a standout NBA performance, leading some to speculate…
Eric Paschall was the fifth-leading scorer, as a junior, on Villanova’s team that won the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
Think about that.
There’s some real evidence that suggests 2018 Villanova is one of the best teams in modern college basketball history. https://t.co/UCaQr1k9X5
— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) November 5, 2019
I thought about it, Gary. And I concur.
Thus concludes my trolling.
"While it’s still too early to tell, Martelli’s wealth of experience will likely add a boon to Howard’s rookie campaign as a coach."@JKopnick on what assistant coach Phil Martelli can bring to Michigan schematically:https://t.co/ftCJGB1gsS
— Mich. Daily Sports (@theblockm) October 30, 2019
Nope. Now I’m done.
At least according to the coaches.
The annual preseason poll came out today and Seton Hall just barely scraped past Nova, who had been #1 in this poll for five years straight:
COACHES POLL TIME!@SetonHallMBB is the preseason favorite in #BIGEASThoops, edging @NovaMBB by a single point. @XavierMBB slated third, followed by @MarquetteMBB and @PCFriarsmbb tied for fourth to round out the top-five. pic.twitter.com/vbNJYzaTte
— BIG EAST Conference (@BIGEAST) October 10, 2019
Nova has won the Big East regular season in five of the last six years while claiming four of the last five conference tournament titles.
And Kyle probably doesn’t want to hear it, but the Cats didn’t truly become an elite program until UConn, Syracuse, Pitt, WVU, and Louisville left the conference.
Time’s yours.
Shout out to reader Bryan Knight for bringing this to my attention.
Here’s a clip from the Dan Patrick show today where the radio host discusses the possibility of Urban Meyer returning to the sidelines as USC’s coach. In the snippet, Patrick is sharing information received from a source, which includes a reference to Villanova’s Mark Jackson as well:
Is Villanova a Philly school?
Just kidding. This story is about Jay Wright, who reportedly turned down a huge money offer to coach the UCLA Bruins.
That’s via Ben Bolch at the Los Angeles Times, who wrote an article titled “The back story on UCLA’s long, strange search for a basketball coach.” In the piece, he shares the content of a text message sent from UCLA senior associate athletic director Josh Rebholz to major donors after the program failed to land John Calipari from Kentucky.
Here’s the first of two relevant Jay Wright passages:
Rebholz told the donors in the message viewed by The Times that the search committee started with a list of more than 60 candidates that included some of the biggest names in coaching: Calipari, Stevens, Tom Izzo, Jay Wright, Billy Donovan, Mark Few and Tony Bennett.
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Even the defending National Champions two of the last three years get knocked down every once in a while.
I’ve watched the replay of B.J. Taylor’s jumper and Aubrey Dawkins’ ensuing put-back that each somehow failed to fall at least a dozen times now. I still can’t believe that both of these shots spun off the rim:
Brutal…#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/ILdnsS8vIc
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 24, 2019
We were that close to half of America’s brackets blowing up and CBS Sports producers scrambling to find something to talk about for the next two weeks other than Zion Williamson. It would’ve been chaos, but instead it was just a crushing loss for UCF and an agonizing beat for bettors who had the courage to go against a Blue Devils squad that was more than -900 on the moneyline and remains the odds-on favorite to win it all.
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⚠️The Karma Kommittee Ruling Is In⚠️
-Missed Dunk
-Tacko 5th Foul
-TWO RIM-OUTS AT THE ENDThe fact that even Coach K felt terrible was enough.
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No $25 limit here, you #ChargeOn fans deserve it all back!
THIS IS #MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/0pEoOJPWqC
— PointsBet Sportsbook (@PointsBetUSA) March 24, 2019
I don’t remember the bookie from down the street ever showing such mercy.
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