Femi
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We'll always have that and the Tim Brando call that should've made the folks at Fox Sports tap him on the shoulder and gently tell him it's time now...
Agree, why are there two threads going on this guy,, hoops and tove? That is just goofy,,, even goofier than the" I'm still in love with Gonzo" thread and the" scorned girlfriend Willard " thread. Man just focus on our coach and our team that's relevant today.
It is primarily to track whether waivers for second time transfers are being granted. Has implications for future recruiting and player retention. Benefits SHU and college basketball as a whole if the NCAA actually clamps down on this. Apparently not.
Always glad to read good news about former players and when others keep tabs on how they're doing.
As usual, the NCAA leaves everyone scratching their heads with their selective rules administration.
This is significant news. Thanks for posting.
If ncaa starts granting multi transfer waivers the sport is done. Goodnight.
If ncaa starts granting multi transfer waivers the sport is done. Goodnight.
Second transfer with no sitout is not good for the NCAA.
Good bye. Good luck. Good riddance. I prefer topics on our team and players that are here. RU, Willard, who lost to who, and players that left us are someone else’s biz. Let’s go Pirates!
I believe you're missing the point. This is a topic of paramount importance to a school like seton hall. The fact that it happens to involve Femi is coincidence/irrelevant.
It's a circus. The NCAA as we've known it is going to implode.
Femi Odukale is the posterchild for this. It's his 3rd school in 4 seasons, he's earned two free transfers and still has an additional COVID year left.
NCAA grants waiver for NMSU's Femi Odukale
Guard Femi Odukale, a transfer from Seton Hall, has been granted a waiver to be immediately eligible to play this season for the New Mexico State Aggies.
NCAA grants waiver for NMSU's Femi Odukale
The New Mexico State Aggies won't tip off against Northern Colorado in the Pan American Center until 7 p.m. Saturday.
But they've already secured one big victory for the weekend.
The NCAA on Friday has granted the immediate eligibility waiver request of NMSU on behalf of Femi Odukale, a transfer guard from Seton Hall, the Journal has confirmed through a source.
Odukale, a 6-foot-6 senior guard from Brooklyn who started his college career out at the University of Pittsburgh, is a two-time transfer — something the NCAA no longer allows without a player having to sit out a year, having graduated or having some qualifying hardship reason for the transfer. While undisclosed, he has been granted a hardship waiver.
It is unclear if Odukale, who has been allowed to practice with the team, will suit up as quickly as Saturday night's game for the Aggies (2-2).
Last month in a podcast interview with the Journal, NMSU head coach Jason Hooten made clear the addition of Odukale would be a huge boost for the program.
"I do think that if that waiver does come through, it'll definitely help our team," Hooten said. "When I got the job, we kind of knew that there would be a chance that it might not happen. But anytime you can take a young man like that, I thought we were in a position this year where we could just take a shot and see what happened. And you know, he's been really good for us up to this point.
"The great thing about him, and which I really love about my players, is he can play 1 through 4. I don't want to always play him at the 4 because he's 6-5, 6-6 — he's really a guard. But man, he's so strong and athletic that there's just so much that he can do on the floor."
Odukale started 32 of the 33 games he played last season for the Big East's Seton Hall Pirates, averaging 7.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game. In two seasons at Pitt, he started 33 of the 53 games he played in before the transfer to Seton Hall.
