The attorney for Tanesha Boatright, the mother of UConn freshman guard Ryan Boatright, hopes his situation “is resolved soon.”
“Tanesha is cooperating with the NCAA and we’re hoping that it’s resolved soon, but that is in large part beyond our control,” Scott Tompsett old SNY.tv Friday by phone. “Beyond that I can’t make any comment.”
Tompsett is quite familiar with NCAA infractions cases, having repped former Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez and former USC assistant coach Todd McNair.
As the NCAA investigated his AAU days in Chicago, Boatright missed the first six games of UConn’s season during the NCAA’s first review. The Huskies went 5-1 during the stretch.
Since he was shut down a second time Jan. 13, the Huskies are 1-1, including Wednesday’s 70-67 loss to Cincinnati at home.
“Honestly, I don’t think we would have lost if we had Ryan,” Shabazz Napier told The Hartford Courant. “It’s like last year, when I’d come in as a second ball-handler and it would free Kemba. If we had Ryan, it might have freed Jeremy [Lamb] up more.”
Necrosaro420 / January 20, 2012
The NCAA and Mark Emmert said in the Enes Kanter case, “If a player receives even a penny, they are permenantly ineligible.” Lets see if that holds true, or if the selective enforcement continues.
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buchammer / January 20, 2012
Kanter played for a pro team. Did he not? Last time I looked AAU was not a pro team but in the AAU world I sure this is not the only issue. It just looks like they are bullying him now to get at Calhoun. The same way they used the kanter issue to get at Calapari
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lawrencebwalker / January 20, 2012
It is more of a family issue. The NCAA is being fed information by Boatright’s mother’s ex-boyfriend. You would be hard pressed to find many top tier AAU players that couldn’t be suspended for one thing or another. All it takes is someone with a grudge to point out the improprieties to the NCAA.
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kungpaochicken / January 21, 2012
Boatright’s Mother’s ex-boyfriend ratting you out to the NCAA=#hoodproblems
UCONN, send the man a bag with money inside and this thing will go away (if what lawrencebwalker says is true).
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