2019-2020 B1G Basketball Thread

[847badgerfan]

December 23 looks good to me.

[medinabuckeye1]

Sounds good @847badgerfan , @ELA , and @bwarbiany .  I'll plan on soliciting opinions for a tier update the week of Christmas after those big games on 12/21.  

[847badgerfan]

This is just a plain old crock o' chit.

From Evan Flood at 247:

MADISON, Wis. -- Prior to their matchup with Wisconsin-Green Bay (1-2), Wisconsin (3-1) learned that junior forward Micah Potter will not be suiting up for the first time this season.
Following a hearing with the NCAA and the legislative relief committee on Thursday, Potter was denied immediate eligibility for a third time.

"My eligibility waiver was denied again today and sadly we now have closure," Potter tweeted. "I'm extremely disappointed and frustrated that we've reached this point. I'm still confused why I am being punished for behaving in a matter that the NCAA requests of its student-athletes.


"For the next month, my goal continues to be what it has been, doing everything possible to prepare my teammates for upcoming games and supporting them from the sidelines.

"I want to thank everybody that has helped me through this process and supported me, specifically Katie smith, Scott Tompsett, Barry Alvarez and certainly my coaching staff, teammates, and family.

"My faith has been my stronghold throughout this whole process and I know God has his perfect plan for everything. I have no regrets and I'm proud to be a Badger can't wait to compete in exactly one month."

Potter will be eligible for UW's home contest with UW-Milwaukee on Dec. 21. He has not played in a game since Mar. 17, 2018. 

Potter transferred to Wisconsin during the second semester last year. Per NCAA rules, student-athletes are required to sit out an entire season at their new destination in order to get acclimated to their new university. Potter and the Badgers applied for a waiver in the preseason and later filed for an appeal, both of which were denied by the NCAA prior to the season opener against St. Mary's earlier this month.



Prior to leaving Ohio State, Potter did not play a single game for the Buckeyes in 2018-19. He's also posted a 3.3 GPA at Wisconsin, making him a logical candidate to receive one of the numerous waivers the NCAA had previously approved.

[Abba]

Yeah, it doesn't doesn't make sense.  Another silly rule that supposedly helps student athletes, but come on.  I'm glad he will at least get to play in a month.  I'm rooting for him and hope he has a nice year for the Badgers.

[847badgerfan]

The thing is, is that he is basically suspended for over a year. 


Meanwhile, some d'bag at Memphis gets 10 games for violating NCAA rules, UNC gets off with murder, and Arizona, Kansas, LSU and whoever else still gets to play despite numerous NCAA allegations, all while signing 5* players still.


All Potter did was GO TO SCHOOL. Isn't that supposed to be the thing??

[NickSmith4Three]

2020 4* SG Adam Miller has committed to Illinois.  What should be a real nice backcourt coming in next year.

[bayareabadger]

The thing is, is that he is basically suspended for over a year.


Meanwhile, some d'bag at Memphis gets 10 games for violating NCAA rules, UNC gets off with murder, and Arizona, Kansas, LSU and whoever else still gets to play despite numerous NCAA allegations, all while signing 5* players still.


All Potter did was GO TO SCHOOL. Isn't that supposed to be the thing??

It’s a weird case where he’s actually being held to the rule, even though the spirit of the rule was highly met. Should make the second half fun.

[847badgerfan]

I like that the team seems to be rallying behind him too.

[MaximumSam]

I wonder if they want to discourage Potter's decision - which was to quit right before the season, and encourage players to play out the season and make a decision after.

[847badgerfan]

From the Milwaukee paper:

Gard's initial comment about his frustration was the beginning of a slow, steady and length sermon. 

The target of his ire: The NCAA. 

"The reason why I got into this profession was to try to help young people and make their experiences and their lives better," he said. "Unfortunately, during this scenario that has played out since June, we have not done a good job as a membership and the organization that heads that membership, the NCAA, of making a student-athlete’s experience better.

“Micah will have sat, by the time he plays in December, 47 games."

That includes, Gard noted, the 35 games he didn't play at Ohio State last season, and 12 contests at UW, 10 games, one exhibition game and UW's scrimmage against Iowa State. 



"That is 21 months and three semesters," Gard continued. "Find somewhere else that that has happened. This is unprecedented. We did all we could do from an institution standpoint…Micah did everything he could do.

"But aren’t we as a membership in the human business of trying to make the experiences of the student-athlete better?

"The one that gets penalized the most in this is Micah Potter. And that is completely unfair to have to sit this much...

"You see so many negative things. Micah Potter is the quintessential student-athlete. He is exactly what the NCAA should want representing them. Instead of using that as a positive message to the rest of the student-athletes, you took one of your best student-athletes in the country and penalized him further.

"I was hoping common sense would prevail in this. Unfortunately, it didn’t. And again, I just don’t understand when we’re in the business of trying to make these student-athletes’ experiences better…his clock is ticking.

"The rest of us will go on. And the people who are in those positions, in that committee and the NCAA staff, they obviously don’t have their boots on the ground and understand the impact that this has on a young man and on his life and on his future.

"And credit to Micah. I was so irate this afternoon and Micah was the one that took the news better than anybody. Better than me, our compliance (people) and our administration.



"I feel it was such an injustice. It’s unfortunate. It’s really a shame. It’s a shame."

[bayareabadger]

I wonder if they want to discourage Potter's decision - which was to quit right before the season, and encourage players to play out the season and make a decision after.

Maybe, but wouldn’t it also incentivize dropping out and starting online classes at a new school?

I mean, he didn’t play basketball for a year. He did the due diligence of finishing his classes and not making things messy. You’re like 90 percent of the the way to throwing up hands and saying fine, whatever 

[Brutus Buckeye]

We get to play Purdue tonight.

[medinabuckeye1]

We get to play Purdue tonight.

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[Brutus Buckeye]

The one in Ft Wayne.