May 30, 200719 yr I don't care what school he will be playing at in this situation. If he gets to be closer to his sick father and get his education paid for I'm all for it. I still never could make sense of him going to Iowa in the first place...
May 30, 200719 yr I wonder if this changes the complexion in their recruitment for Chris Singleton and Darius Miller.
May 30, 200719 yr I wonder if this changes the complexion in their recruitment for Chris Singleton and Darius Miller. Nope. 1 and done for Smith is the plan. It's why the waiver was so important...
May 30, 200719 yr I have to wonder how closely the NCAA really looked into this... Considering his father was supposed to be a major factor in his college decision to begin with, and he ended up at Iowa. Like the Morris situation a couple of years back, however, there wasn't really a precedent for this type of situation that I know of. It'll be interesting to see if they do the same thing if this case arises again, and also to see what kind of excuses players use in transfers from now on to try to find loopholes in the rules.
May 30, 200719 yr UC couldn't clear a roster spot, or couldn't get the waiver? If he got the waiver he was at UC...
May 30, 200719 yr Something weird had to happen for Smith to end up at Iowa. Mick Cronin was going to get on the plane back to Cincy after his visit with a commitment from Smith when he left. But something happened.
May 30, 200719 yr In the end he moved closer to his dying father... I get all of that, and I know you have followed the situation very closely. What I'm saying is he already knew his father was sick and he made the decision to go to Iowa. After one good year his coach leaves and the NCAA lets him play the next year for a top 5 team in the country. Does the NCAA let the next kid w/a dying relative move closer to home? How do they decide how close is close enough? How close does the relative have to be? What if it's a family friend that raised the athlete? What if it's a parent that had nothing to do w/ raising the athlete? How many moew scenarios can people come up w/?
May 31, 200719 yr Didn't take as long as I expected to get out... http://tennessee.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=678409
May 31, 200719 yr His fathers health was a concern prior to his choosing to go to school in Iowa, am I correct? If so then I don't like this decision one bit. I think that a giant can of worms may have just been opened. Either way It seems to me that if his father is in that bad of a condition that maybe he ought to take a year off from basketball anyhow, and concentrate of spending time with his father.
May 31, 200719 yr His fathers health was a concern prior to his choosing to go to school in Iowa, am I correct? If so then I don't like this decision one bit. I think that a giant can of worms may have just been opened. Either way It seems to me that if his father is in that bad of a condition that maybe he ought to take a year off from basketball anyhow, and concentrate of spending time with his father. Concerns I've had since the day he picked Iowa...
May 31, 200719 yr If he goes to UT, then they will be the favorites in the East. But, they won't win it, though. :thumb:
June 1, 200719 yr I guess that in the wake of the Donovan stuff, this was overlooked: Smith enrolls at UT
June 1, 200719 yr I guess that in the wake of the Donovan stuff, this was overlooked: Smith enrolls at UT Post 85...
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