(06-15-2018 09:43 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 01:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:36 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  This whole thread is a mirror image of last season. Western Ky "signs" a 5 star recruit. Stansbury gives his guardian a job in order for the kid to come. Western fans start talking about how good this kid is, how great of a student he is, how he is a special person that loves Western and a bunch of other nonsense. Now there guaranteed to win CUSA.

We will see what happens but the problem with Western is that Stansbury is the coach. He can recruit but he can't win the big games. Kermit owned him. He had a really talented team last year still couldn't win CUSA or get to the NCAA tournament.

Awful bold declarations here especially considering Kermit is long gone and most of your fans are expecting a down season for the ole smurfs....I am sure your fingers are crossed every day Bassey doesn't play for us, this seems different so I guess we shall see...

We will take a step back this year I believe, but we have been the most dominant CUSA team by far in CUSA 3.0 and its hard to stay on top especially after a coaching change.

The thing is you guys didn't get this recruit legitimately. You hired his "guardian" so he would commit. It's disgusting that your university is allowing this "guardian" to profit off of this kid. This "guardian" is manipulating the kid and putting his own self interest ahead of what is best for the kid and Western is empowering him to do it. If he wasn't given the job the kid would not commit. But hey, anything to win right? I am sure you Western fans will try to justify it, but I guess I should expect it coming from a school who hired Bobby Petrino.

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This is not the first time a school has hired a "guardian" to insure that a big time recruit will end up on campus and sure won't be the last. Just recently Missouri added Michael Porter's dad to the staff to secure his commitment to the Tigers. I don't have a problem with any school doing it as long as it is within the rules of the NCAA.

(06-15-2018 02:53 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 09:43 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 01:28 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:36 AM)MT FAN Wrote:  This whole thread is a mirror image of last season. Western Ky "signs" a 5 star recruit. Stansbury gives his guardian a job in order for the kid to come. Western fans start talking about how good this kid is, how great of a student he is, how he is a special person that loves Western and a bunch of other nonsense. Now there guaranteed to win CUSA.

We will see what happens but the problem with Western is that Stansbury is the coach. He can recruit but he can't win the big games. Kermit owned him. He had a really talented team last year still couldn't win CUSA or get to the NCAA tournament.

Awful bold declarations here especially considering Kermit is long gone and most of your fans are expecting a down season for the ole smurfs....I am sure your fingers are crossed every day Bassey doesn't play for us, this seems different so I guess we shall see...

We will take a step back this year I believe, but we have been the most dominant CUSA team by far in CUSA 3.0 and its hard to stay on top especially after a coaching change.

The thing is you guys didn't get this recruit legitimately. You hired his "guardian" so he would commit. It's disgusting that your university is allowing this "guardian" to profit off of this kid. This "guardian" is manipulating the kid and putting his own self interest ahead of what is best for the kid and Western is empowering him to do it. If he wasn't given the job the kid would not commit. But hey, anything to win right? I am sure you Western fans will try to justify it, but I guess I should expect it coming from a school who hired Bobby Petrino.

You guys lost 2 more starters who are transferring today, will you have anyone playing basketball for you this season? Maybe instead of worrying about what WKU is doing, you should be worried about if MTSU will be ale to field more than a intramural team to compete this upcoming season.... Guarantee if this was some other school besides WKU and if a Power 5 schools, you guys would say no big deal about hiring his guardian as assistant....His guardian has been assistant before in NCAA with Jackson St.....He also played college ball at Wisconsin, so I don't understand the issue? If Kermit could have gotten a Bassey type player you don't think he would hire his guardian too? All of you haters on here come across really jealous, which just means a lot of you are scared what might become of little ole WKU this upcoming season....

(06-15-2018 02:49 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 09:27 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 07:46 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Why is a Houston guy so jealous? I thought it was beneath any Houston fan to care what any CUSA school does? We have been told by Houston fans on here that CUSA is a joke so know you want to post here and show your jealousy? UofL backed off because they have a new coach and have to be extremely careful due to all the crap they were in trouble for....How do you know other schools would have backed off, he just now reclassified, I am sure a bunch of schools would have been after him for next year....Either or it doesn't matter and I don't understand all the haters out there for this guy coming to WKU.....ESPN is also besides themselves that WKU can get a guy like this, to me this is good for college basketball to have guys spread out and not all play for one school....So haters continue to hate, its all good....

jealous? i noted that his eligibity is sketch, why would i be jealous of that

" I thought it was beneath any Houston fan"
1) let not use made up c-usa rhetoric on actual people...i doubt a single houston fan has actually said this...but im sure plenty of c-usa fans have said "we said it" to put this imaginary chip on their shoulder

"how do i know other schools back off"

2)the recruting season for 2019 started 5 months ago..2019 aau started 2 month ago...the fact that he reclasssified isnt a good reason why he wasnt recruited hard..his talented aau team mate (ranked in the 80s in top 100), has over 35 offers and everyone is after him


2b) he is a 5star center, with a basically 4.0 gpa...the 3 schools recruiting him the hardest where cal, rutgers, wku ...he already stated he wanted a kentucky offer numerous time. kentucky never showed any interest despite him trying to visit them, on his own dime twice (again this is the #3 recruit of 19 and a center)
---context im not sure how familiar you are with how highly covet 5star centers ..elite bigs are a rarity...
---context look at the school that were interested in him before the Texas scandal happened

i cant tell if wku fans notice something is very odd about his recruitment but just choosing to ignore all of the red flags because homer-ism...or just arent familiar with how recruiting work..since you arent familiar with the fact 2019 recruiting started months ago, im thinking the ladder

Kentucky cannot have everyone, do you understand this? UK didn't have room for him this season, they backed off because they probably knew he was coming to WKU and reclassify, this was not just made up a few days ago..As far as schools nThought i would mention that Missourit recruiting him for next season you don't think word got around he was a lock for WKU and it was a waste of time to go after him....My sources have been telling me this was happening over a year ago, its not like this a huge secret....Amaze me know the haters on here, ESPN, Louisville fanboy Rick Bozich, acting like this just happened yesterday out of the blue...Like Stansbury said this has been a long time coming with a relationship that started 3 years ago.....So of course he didn't have a bunch of offers...When did he say he wanted to go to UK? Two years ago? You have already spewed false information on here when you said only reason he is going to WKU is to stand out and shoot threes all day...Stansbury was quoted last night his game is on the block and that is his strength and where we will use him....So again incorrect info from you....Second why did you quote a has been UofL assistant coach, he just sounds bitter about like you.....

Thought I would mention that Missouri hired a guy last year so they could get his two sons to go there. Nobody thought bad of that but of course they're P5 so it's ok. Smaller schools have to use every trick in the book to recruit that's legal. I'm sure MTSU or any other school would stoop so low. No way they would hire a kids guardian to get a 5 star. Yeah right. The hypocrisy here is stiffling. You should be glad any team in CUSA can get highly ranked players. It helps us all in the long term. If ODU or UAB did it I would say more power to them. Go CUSA. Whatever it takes.
By the way I think Calipari did the same thing while at Memphis.

(06-15-2018 03:51 PM)Auburn_Blazer Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 03:37 PM)Jacque Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 01:16 PM)Auburn_Blazer Wrote:  

(06-15-2018 09:30 AM)Jacque Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 09:43 AM)Auburn_Blazer Wrote:  Didn't anyone tell Stansbury that the WKU Athletic Department is broke? No way he's getting these kinds of pickups without dropping bags. I love it for the conference, but obviously am filled with jealousy and wish UAB was pulling in this kind of talent...not losing its best recruit to Memphis a month before school starts.

It is ironic that someone who supports the University of Bobby Lowder would question another school's recruiting success.

Seriously, Lowder? That's the Auburn person you're going to target in a basketball recruiting thread? Are all WKU fans that bad at trash talking?

The point is/was that, regardless of the sport as an Auburn fan you live in a glass house, so should not throw those rocks.

How about using a former NCAA enforcement officer, now on AU's staff to get relief for Pearl's show cause?

I don't talk trash. It is not a talent that I aspire to become proficient at.

If I wanted to talk trash, I would discuss the prospects for UAB's football team for this year with their roster of 12th year seniors and 30+ year old players. lol

I don't think this is true. No one on Auburn's staff has NCAA experience, nor did Pearl's show cause date get moved. Are you talking about Rich McGlynn, the guy that's been in Auburn's compliance since 2006?

As for UAB football, I hope you're excited for the toppers 4-8 season while the Blazers gear up to compete for another division title. lol.

Actually, I am not. The near future looks rough for WKU football, with a coach that looks, acts and may actually be younger than UAB's senior players.

(06-16-2018 05:39 PM)69topper Wrote:  Thought I would mention that Missouri hired a guy last year so they could get his two sons to go there. Nobody thought bad of that but of course they're P5 so it's ok. Smaller schools have to use every trick in the book to recruit that's legal. I'm sure MTSU or any other school would stoop so low. No way they would hire a kids guardian to get a 5 star. Yeah right. The hypocrisy here is stiffling. You should be glad any team in CUSA can get highly ranked players. It helps us all in the long term. If ODU or UAB did it I would say more power to them. Go CUSA. Whatever it takes.
By the way I think Calipari did the same thing while at Memphis.

We have Bryant Stith on the staff, father of Brandon Stith (graduated this year) and BJ Stith. He is actually involved though, the first seat next to the head coach. Not just a token hire.

(06-18-2018 11:52 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-16-2018 05:39 PM)69topper Wrote:  Thought I would mention that Missouri hired a guy last year so they could get his two sons to go there. Nobody thought bad of that but of course they're P5 so it's ok. Smaller schools have to use every trick in the book to recruit that's legal. I'm sure MTSU or any other school would stoop so low. No way they would hire a kids guardian to get a 5 star. Yeah right. The hypocrisy here is stiffling. You should be glad any team in CUSA can get highly ranked players. It helps us all in the long term. If ODU or UAB did it I would say more power to them. Go CUSA. Whatever it takes.
By the way I think Calipari did the same thing while at Memphis.

We have Bryant Stith on the staff, father of Brandon Stith (graduated this year) and BJ Stith. He is actually involved though, the first seat next to the head coach. Not just a token hire.

He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 11:52 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-16-2018 05:39 PM)69topper Wrote:  Thought I would mention that Missouri hired a guy last year so they could get his two sons to go there. Nobody thought bad of that but of course they're P5 so it's ok. Smaller schools have to use every trick in the book to recruit that's legal. I'm sure MTSU or any other school would stoop so low. No way they would hire a kids guardian to get a 5 star. Yeah right. The hypocrisy here is stiffling. You should be glad any team in CUSA can get highly ranked players. It helps us all in the long term. If ODU or UAB did it I would say more power to them. Go CUSA. Whatever it takes.
By the way I think Calipari did the same thing while at Memphis.

We have Bryant Stith on the staff, father of Brandon Stith (graduated this year) and BJ Stith. He is actually involved though, the first seat next to the head coach. Not just a token hire.

He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 11:52 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-16-2018 05:39 PM)69topper Wrote:  Thought I would mention that Missouri hired a guy last year so they could get his two sons to go there. Nobody thought bad of that but of course they're P5 so it's ok. Smaller schools have to use every trick in the book to recruit that's legal. I'm sure MTSU or any other school would stoop so low. No way they would hire a kids guardian to get a 5 star. Yeah right. The hypocrisy here is stiffling. You should be glad any team in CUSA can get highly ranked players. It helps us all in the long term. If ODU or UAB did it I would say more power to them. Go CUSA. Whatever it takes.
By the way I think Calipari did the same thing while at Memphis.

We have Bryant Stith on the staff, father of Brandon Stith (graduated this year) and BJ Stith. He is actually involved though, the first seat next to the head coach. Not just a token hire.

He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

As we saw with UNCC, NBA experience does not mean you can coach.....there's others out there also, Like Clyde the glide coaching at Houston. It doesn't mean you have the contacts to be a good recruiter.


So it's the old, he was wanted at other places. lol Look the ODU hire is no different than Western's . Both are hires to get the player(s) connected to that person. I'm just more up front with it....

I DONT CARE! Hire the grandma for all I care as long as the NCAA has no problems with it.

As for the guardianship that was a decision made in a US Court of Law. So you can post all the articles you want and it will not change that.

But just in case you didn't read the whole thread....Bassey's parents were on board with him signing with Western. That came out of the kids mouth.

As for all the other, I'm 100% positive you hope Bassey doesn't get cleared. I'm sure you will say different but you and I bother know that is bull**** coming out of your mouth.

The NCAA will decide that and legal guardianship will not be a issue. Not with a court already ruling. NCAA Rules still have to abide by rule of law.

(06-18-2018 02:23 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 11:52 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-16-2018 05:39 PM)69topper Wrote:  Thought I would mention that Missouri hired a guy last year so they could get his two sons to go there. Nobody thought bad of that but of course they're P5 so it's ok. Smaller schools have to use every trick in the book to recruit that's legal. I'm sure MTSU or any other school would stoop so low. No way they would hire a kids guardian to get a 5 star. Yeah right. The hypocrisy here is stiffling. You should be glad any team in CUSA can get highly ranked players. It helps us all in the long term. If ODU or UAB did it I would say more power to them. Go CUSA. Whatever it takes.
By the way I think Calipari did the same thing while at Memphis.

We have Bryant Stith on the staff, father of Brandon Stith (graduated this year) and BJ Stith. He is actually involved though, the first seat next to the head coach. Not just a token hire.

He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

As we saw with UNCC, NBA experience does not mean you can coach.....there's others out there also, Like Clyde the glide coaching at Houston. It doesn't mean you have the contacts to be a good recruiter.


So it's the old, he was wanted at other places. lol Look the ODU hire is no different than Western's . Both are hires to get the player(s) connected to that person. I'm just more up front with it....

I DONT CARE! Hire the grandma for all I care as long as the NCAA has no problems with it.

As for the guardianship that was a decision made in a US Court of Law. So you can post all the articles you want and it will not change that.

But just in case you didn't read the whole thread....Bassey's parents were on board with him signing with Western. That came out of the kids mouth.

As for all the other, I'm 100% positive you hope Bassey doesn't get cleared. I'm sure you will say different but you and I bother know that is bull**** coming out of your mouth.

The NCAA will decide that and legal guardianship will not be a issue. Not with a court already ruling. NCAA Rules still have to abide by rule of law.

Frankly, I don't care he he is cleared or not. Why would you care if other people care?

The point is that Stith has coaching credentials. There are other NBA guys that coach in the NBA and have done just fine. This guy has almost no coaching credentials except playing at Wisconsin. He went to Jackson State to get international guys and got none. He then went to that high school and got the school ruled ineligible. Stith is a former player for Coach Jones with NBA playing and high school coaching experience; Auriantal is a pimp. Either way, I don't care why either were hired. If the sole reason Stith was hired was for that, sobeit, but he's one of the important assistant coaches and not a figurehead.

The NCAA will rule on whether he's eligible or not. It's very questionable on whether he will be since he received benefits.

(06-18-2018 02:23 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 11:52 AM)odu09 Wrote:  

(06-16-2018 05:39 PM)69topper Wrote:  Thought I would mention that Missouri hired a guy last year so they could get his two sons to go there. Nobody thought bad of that but of course they're P5 so it's ok. Smaller schools have to use every trick in the book to recruit that's legal. I'm sure MTSU or any other school would stoop so low. No way they would hire a kids guardian to get a 5 star. Yeah right. The hypocrisy here is stiffling. You should be glad any team in CUSA can get highly ranked players. It helps us all in the long term. If ODU or UAB did it I would say more power to them. Go CUSA. Whatever it takes.
By the way I think Calipari did the same thing while at Memphis.

We have Bryant Stith on the staff, father of Brandon Stith (graduated this year) and BJ Stith. He is actually involved though, the first seat next to the head coach. Not just a token hire.

He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

As we saw with UNCC, NBA experience does not mean you can coach.....there's others out there also, Like Clyde the glide coaching at Houston. It doesn't mean you have the contacts to be a good recruiter.


So it's the old, he was wanted at other places. lol Look the ODU hire is no different than Western's . Both are hires to get the player(s) connected to that person. I'm just more up front with it....

I DONT CARE! Hire the grandma for all I care as long as the NCAA has no problems with it.

As for the guardianship that was a decision made in a US Court of Law. So you can post all the articles you want and it will not change that.

But just in case you didn't read the whole thread....Bassey's parents were on board with him signing with Western. That came out of the kids mouth.

As for all the other, I'm 100% positive you hope Bassey doesn't get cleared. I'm sure you will say different but you and I bother know that is bull**** coming out of your mouth.

The NCAA will decide that and legal guardianship will not be a issue. Not with a court already ruling. NCAA Rules still have to abide by rule of law.

clt says please keep Charlotte out of this.

I think I read where he already cleared the clearinghouse.

(06-18-2018 02:40 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 02:23 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 11:52 AM)odu09 Wrote:  We have Bryant Stith on the staff, father of Brandon Stith (graduated this year) and BJ Stith. He is actually involved though, the first seat next to the head coach. Not just a token hire.

He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

As we saw with UNCC, NBA experience does not mean you can coach.....there's others out there also, Like Clyde the glide coaching at Houston. It doesn't mean you have the contacts to be a good recruiter.


So it's the old, he was wanted at other places. lol Look the ODU hire is no different than Western's . Both are hires to get the player(s) connected to that person. I'm just more up front with it....

I DONT CARE! Hire the grandma for all I care as long as the NCAA has no problems with it.

As for the guardianship that was a decision made in a US Court of Law. So you can post all the articles you want and it will not change that.

But just in case you didn't read the whole thread....Bassey's parents were on board with him signing with Western. That came out of the kids mouth.

As for all the other, I'm 100% positive you hope Bassey doesn't get cleared. I'm sure you will say different but you and I bother know that is bull**** coming out of your mouth.

The NCAA will decide that and legal guardianship will not be a issue. Not with a court already ruling. NCAA Rules still have to abide by rule of law.

Frankly, I don't care he he is cleared or not. Why would you care if other people care?

The point is that Stith has coaching credentials. There are other NBA guys that coach in the NBA and have done just fine. This guy has almost no coaching credentials except playing at Wisconsin. He went to Jackson State to get international guys and got none. He then went to that high school and got the school ruled ineligible. Stith is a former player for Coach Jones with NBA playing and high school coaching experience; Auriantal is a pimp. Either way, I don't care why either were hired. If the sole reason Stith was hired was for that, sobeit, but he's one of the important assistant coaches and not a figurehead.

The NCAA will rule on whether he's eligible or not. It's very questionable on whether he will be since he received benefits.

He's already been cleared, so now what?

(06-19-2018 08:27 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 02:40 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 02:23 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

As we saw with UNCC, NBA experience does not mean you can coach.....there's others out there also, Like Clyde the glide coaching at Houston. It doesn't mean you have the contacts to be a good recruiter.


So it's the old, he was wanted at other places. lol Look the ODU hire is no different than Western's . Both are hires to get the player(s) connected to that person. I'm just more up front with it....

I DONT CARE! Hire the grandma for all I care as long as the NCAA has no problems with it.

As for the guardianship that was a decision made in a US Court of Law. So you can post all the articles you want and it will not change that.

But just in case you didn't read the whole thread....Bassey's parents were on board with him signing with Western. That came out of the kids mouth.

As for all the other, I'm 100% positive you hope Bassey doesn't get cleared. I'm sure you will say different but you and I bother know that is bull**** coming out of your mouth.

The NCAA will decide that and legal guardianship will not be a issue. Not with a court already ruling. NCAA Rules still have to abide by rule of law.

Frankly, I don't care he he is cleared or not. Why would you care if other people care?

The point is that Stith has coaching credentials. There are other NBA guys that coach in the NBA and have done just fine. This guy has almost no coaching credentials except playing at Wisconsin. He went to Jackson State to get international guys and got none. He then went to that high school and got the school ruled ineligible. Stith is a former player for Coach Jones with NBA playing and high school coaching experience; Auriantal is a pimp. Either way, I don't care why either were hired. If the sole reason Stith was hired was for that, sobeit, but he's one of the important assistant coaches and not a figurehead.

The NCAA will rule on whether he's eligible or not. It's very questionable on whether he will be since he received benefits.

He's already been cleared, so now what?

Has Bassey been cleared to reclassify or cleared through the clearinghouse to play? A kid that is expected to play D1 sports usually starts early in making sure the clearinghouse has all of his grades and paperwork. So that can make it a lot quicker process. But I would think it would take a lot longer than this since he just reclassify. But that's just my opinion with zero facts.

Hope he's already cleared the clearinghouse and we dont have to go through the summer with any doubt. But that sounds quick to me. Then again Bassey's been projected as a D1 player for over 2 years so his guardian, probably had his school paper work sent in and cleared each year.

(06-19-2018 08:27 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 02:40 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 02:23 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

As we saw with UNCC, NBA experience does not mean you can coach.....there's others out there also, Like Clyde the glide coaching at Houston. It doesn't mean you have the contacts to be a good recruiter.


So it's the old, he was wanted at other places. lol Look the ODU hire is no different than Western's . Both are hires to get the player(s) connected to that person. I'm just more up front with it....

I DONT CARE! Hire the grandma for all I care as long as the NCAA has no problems with it.

As for the guardianship that was a decision made in a US Court of Law. So you can post all the articles you want and it will not change that.

But just in case you didn't read the whole thread....Bassey's parents were on board with him signing with Western. That came out of the kids mouth.

As for all the other, I'm 100% positive you hope Bassey doesn't get cleared. I'm sure you will say different but you and I bother know that is bull**** coming out of your mouth.

The NCAA will decide that and legal guardianship will not be a issue. Not with a court already ruling. NCAA Rules still have to abide by rule of law.

Frankly, I don't care he he is cleared or not. Why would you care if other people care?

The point is that Stith has coaching credentials. There are other NBA guys that coach in the NBA and have done just fine. This guy has almost no coaching credentials except playing at Wisconsin. He went to Jackson State to get international guys and got none. He then went to that high school and got the school ruled ineligible. Stith is a former player for Coach Jones with NBA playing and high school coaching experience; Auriantal is a pimp. Either way, I don't care why either were hired. If the sole reason Stith was hired was for that, sobeit, but he's one of the important assistant coaches and not a figurehead.

The NCAA will rule on whether he's eligible or not. It's very questionable on whether he will be since he received benefits.

He's already been cleared, so now what?

That goes against everything I've read, but if he's truly cleared....uh, congrats? The article I posted was the most recent info I could find on his potential eligibility.

If he was cleared, it would be the quickest I can ever remember. Especially for someone reclassifying.

(06-14-2018 01:58 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 11:07 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

Being ruled ineligible in Texas has nothing to do with NCAA Rules. It was a Texas high school rule.

A court ruled on the kids guardianship in favor of the US guardian. And he didn't choose Western because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility. Going to a BlueBlood school would have almost assured that.

Once MOUSTAPHA DIAGNE got his eligibility and the only question was his guardianship. Bassey was a sure thing for eligibility because a US Court has ruled Hennssy Auriantal is his Legal Guardian.

So unless there is a issue with credits or core classes ....there is no eligibility issues with Bassey

there are definitely eligibility issues ..there dozen of articles online saying they arent sure if he will get through the clearinghouse ..
numerous teams stopped recruiting him completely because of the issue

here is an article talking about it after he was ruled the guarding, still saying there are doubts
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/high_...505502.php
Louisville reportedly backed off of bassey because of the scandal, this was after he became the guardian

there are also doubts as his recruitment 100% went through Auriantal not bassey himself,

every major team in the nation fell back except kansas on the #3 recruit in the nation, who has a 3.9 gpa. but you think its a high school thing only, the guardian issue was done months before recruiting season started yet few came forward afterwards

Here is the guy who said he’d never play.

(06-19-2018 08:27 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 02:40 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 02:23 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 01:58 PM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(06-18-2018 12:10 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  He has no college coaching experience when he was hired at ODU in 2013. What he had was 2 sons, one recruited to ECU in 2013 and one to the University of Virginia in 2014

So if he was hired as the #1 asst at ODU coming straight from the high school ranks (only 3 years there) well....

now you might understand why ODU's recruiting hasn't been great. Or for that matter, coaching...according to ODU fans.

I guess one player gets you the 3rd chair and 2 gets you the 1st chair. Both hires were to get players connected with each hire.

To give a 1st chair job to a coach without college coaching experience and away from the college game since 1992....is kind of a stupid move even for two really good players. A 3rd chair and then move up would have been the right hire

You realize Stith also played 10 years in the NBA, LOL. Many places wanted Stith as a coach, but he wanted to coach his kids through high school because he missed so much time with them while playing in the NBA. Recruiting has also had a significant bump up since Stith came along. Auriantal, as best as I can tell, played at Wisconsin and spent a short time "coaching" at Jackson State where he was hired to bring over international players, but failed to do so and fired. He was brought into council in San Antonio high school because it is funded by a friend of his.

I don't have a problem hiring a parent per se. This situation is a bit muddier though. THis is a guardian situation where the birth father contested and lost.
A waiver of service notarized in Nigeria, and bearing a signature, address and two phone numbers for Bassey’s father, was filed in court Jan. 11.

But on March 16, an objection was filed by a Nigerian attorney claiming to represent Bassey’s father. The letter of objection states Akpan Bassey is illiterate and signed the waiver of service under false pretenses. It also says Bassey’s father did not want to enter into a guardianship agreement with Auriantal and Romao.

The guardian also committed violations at his previous stop that got him fired and the school was ruled ineligible (which case the school switched leagues). Anthony enrolled five more international players last year, sparking an investigation by TAPPS, which found that Bassey and at least one other foreign player received improper financial support and ruled them ineligible to play. Undeterred, St. Anthony ended its 19-year association with TAPPS and joined the San Antonio-based Texas Christian Athletic League, which placed the Yellow Jackets in a boys basketball division that allows teams to recruit foreign players and provide scholarships.

Bassedy was sponsored by a charitable organization for tuition, room and board and lived in dorms on the campus of Incarnate Word High School, which also is managed by the university.


Bassey’s arrangement with St. Anthony could affect his eligibility to play at a Division I school, NCAA spokeswoman Michelle Hosick said in an email.
She said athletes may receive tuition, room and board before enrolling in college, as long as the person paying the bills “isn’t an agent, professional team/organization, NCAA member school or a booster of a member school.”

“Wherever he goes,” Allen said of Bassey, “there would be a lot of questions that need to be answered.”

As we saw with UNCC, NBA experience does not mean you can coach.....there's others out there also, Like Clyde the glide coaching at Houston. It doesn't mean you have the contacts to be a good recruiter.


So it's the old, he was wanted at other places. lol Look the ODU hire is no different than Western's . Both are hires to get the player(s) connected to that person. I'm just more up front with it....

I DONT CARE! Hire the grandma for all I care as long as the NCAA has no problems with it.

As for the guardianship that was a decision made in a US Court of Law. So you can post all the articles you want and it will not change that.

But just in case you didn't read the whole thread....Bassey's parents were on board with him signing with Western. That came out of the kids mouth.

As for all the other, I'm 100% positive you hope Bassey doesn't get cleared. I'm sure you will say different but you and I bother know that is bull**** coming out of your mouth.

The NCAA will decide that and legal guardianship will not be a issue. Not with a court already ruling. NCAA Rules still have to abide by rule of law.

Frankly, I don't care he he is cleared or not. Why would you care if other people care?

The point is that Stith has coaching credentials. There are other NBA guys that coach in the NBA and have done just fine. This guy has almost no coaching credentials except playing at Wisconsin. He went to Jackson State to get international guys and got none. He then went to that high school and got the school ruled ineligible. Stith is a former player for Coach Jones with NBA playing and high school coaching experience; Auriantal is a pimp. Either way, I don't care why either were hired. If the sole reason Stith was hired was for that, sobeit, but he's one of the important assistant coaches and not a figurehead.

The NCAA will rule on whether he's eligible or not. It's very questionable on whether he will be since he received benefits.

He's already been cleared, so now what?

Like I said months ago, Pesik? Calling pesik? Crickets...

(08-29-2018 09:48 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 01:58 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 11:07 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

Being ruled ineligible in Texas has nothing to do with NCAA Rules. It was a Texas high school rule.

A court ruled on the kids guardianship in favor of the US guardian. And he didn't choose Western because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility. Going to a BlueBlood school would have almost assured that.

Once MOUSTAPHA DIAGNE got his eligibility and the only question was his guardianship. Bassey was a sure thing for eligibility because a US Court has ruled Hennssy Auriantal is his Legal Guardian.

So unless there is a issue with credits or core classes ....there is no eligibility issues with Bassey

there are definitely eligibility issues ..there dozen of articles online saying they arent sure if he will get through the clearinghouse ..
numerous teams stopped recruiting him completely because of the issue

here is an article talking about it after he was ruled the guarding, still saying there are doubts
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/high_...505502.php
Louisville reportedly backed off of bassey because of the scandal, this was after he became the guardian

there are also doubts as his recruitment 100% went through Auriantal not bassey himself,

every major team in the nation fell back except kansas on the #3 recruit in the nation, who has a 3.9 gpa. but you think its a high school thing only, the guardian issue was done months before recruiting season started yet few came forward afterwards

Here is the guy who said he’d never play.

you guys dont get that him being cleared 100% proved my point!!!!!

i never said he would never play butthat his eligibility is in question....i have highlighted the words, that there are "doubts".. i never said he wouldnt play

him being "cleared" to play and there being a public announcements is 100% validation that his eligibility was in question ... not a single other freshmen in the nation has announced that they have been cleared ...you want to know why????? their eligibility wasnt in question...which was my point!!!

no medicine ...just validation....
if i say no one wants to recruit a qb has he has 60% chance of catching the flu but 1 school has a history of dealing with that, & thats a major reason he went there

if it is announced a few months later that he didnt catch the flu (the only recruit in the nation to have it announced)...that doesnt change the fact that he was in doubt a few months later


doubts =/= will not

I know Michael Porter well, as he is from Hattiesburg. He played D1 ball at Wake Forrest and UNO and coached AAU for a while as well as being with FCA. He played for me one summer. Heck of a player and coach, so there was no problem with this.

(08-31-2018 09:39 AM)pesik Wrote:  

(08-29-2018 09:48 PM)Jack Bauer Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 01:58 PM)pesik Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 11:07 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  

(06-14-2018 10:46 AM)pesik Wrote:  im guessing no one knows about the eligibility issues?
there is a smalll chance he might never play for wku...i followed him when he was in texas, hoping he'd come to houston, where his family in america is...how he got to the states is in question..there is evidence his handlers were paid money..he was already ruled ineligible at his old high school and had to move to Louisville

he chose wku becuse one of their payers went through a similar thing but was rules eligible mid season....he went to wku because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility

Being ruled ineligible in Texas has nothing to do with NCAA Rules. It was a Texas high school rule.

A court ruled on the kids guardianship in favor of the US guardian. And he didn't choose Western because he thinks they are his best shot at eligibility. Going to a BlueBlood school would have almost assured that.

Once MOUSTAPHA DIAGNE got his eligibility and the only question was his guardianship. Bassey was a sure thing for eligibility because a US Court has ruled Hennssy Auriantal is his Legal Guardian.

So unless there is a issue with credits or core classes ....there is no eligibility issues with Bassey

there are definitely eligibility issues ..there dozen of articles online saying they arent sure if he will get through the clearinghouse ..
numerous teams stopped recruiting him completely because of the issue

here is an article talking about it after he was ruled the guarding, still saying there are doubts
https://www.expressnews.com/sports/high_...505502.php
Louisville reportedly backed off of bassey because of the scandal, this was after he became the guardian

there are also doubts as his recruitment 100% went through Auriantal not bassey himself,

every major team in the nation fell back except kansas on the #3 recruit in the nation, who has a 3.9 gpa. but you think its a high school thing only, the guardian issue was done months before recruiting season started yet few came forward afterwards

Here is the guy who said he’d never play.

you guys dont get that him being cleared 100% proved my point!!!!!

i never said he would never play butthat his eligibility is in question....i have highlighted the words, that there are "doubts".. i never said he wouldnt play

him being "cleared" to play and there being a public announcements is 100% validation that his eligibility was in question ... not a single other freshmen in the nation has announced that they have been cleared ...you want to know why????? their eligibility wasnt in question...which was my point!!!

no medicine ...just validation....
if i say no one wants to recruit a qb has he has 60% chance of catching the flu but 1 school has a history of dealing with that, & thats a major reason he went there

if it is announced a few months later that he didnt catch the flu (the only recruit in the nation to have it announced)...that doesnt change the fact that he was in doubt a few months later


doubts =/= will not

You must be married because that’s married level crawfishing that you weren’t looking at those women on the beach because you were looking beyond them at the wonderful waves.

Thou protesteth and crawfisheth too much.

There’ll be several, several players waiting to be cleared as the year goes on. Happened with Josh Anderson and Diagne for us last year. LSU had a guy. Oklahoma State had a guy. Many teams have a guy awaiting clearance and the reason Western would announce it is to shut up yahoos saying he’ll never play.