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Jeff Borzello
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ESPN Staff Writer- Recruitment inside the basketball .l.
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- Graduate of the University of Delaware.
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Mark Slabach
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ESPN Senior Author- Author of Senior College Football
- Author of seven books on college college football
- Graduate of the University of Georgia
Sources told ESPN that uburn star newcomer Sharif Cooper has not practiced for the Tigers in recent weeks, while he will await the findings of the NCAA investigation into his suitability.
Cooper’s representatives have approached professional teams from Europe and Australia Australia, if the NCAA does not specify him to play this season, sources told ESPN. A source said Cooper wants to stay in Bern this season, but that would not be possible if the NCAA did not give him a certificate to play.
Cooper, a 6-foot point guard at McCher High School (Georgia), recruited McDonald’s All American and Five Star in the 2020 class. He was ranked 20th in the ESPN 100 and is expected to make an immediate start to the point guard for ub burn this season.
On Sunday, Ubburn announced that it would self-impose a postseason ban for the season due to an NCAA investigation into former assistant coach Chuck Person. The man was one of four assistant coaches arrested in September 2017 as part of an FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball. He accused the financial adviser of accepting bribes to run the players, and also accused him of helping the families of the two players with thousands of dollars in aid.
“This was a difficult decision but it was the right decision,” coach Bruce Pearl said in a statement on Sunday. “I hate it for our current players. They lost the opportunity for the postseason last year because of Kovid, and now they will lose the postseason again. For them this is a two year postseason penalty. However, now we need to take this penalty. Put behind us. “
The Tigers start the season against St. Joseph on Thursday at Fort Myers Tip-at-F in Fort Myers, Florida.
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