Nick Russell to SMU - (semi) official

[skyscraper]

No big surprise here, but through the magic of Twitter, we have these two items from this afternoon:

"NickRussell12: smu"

and

"Shawn_Williams2: @NickRussell12 welcome to Smu. We got big things in store"

[PonyPatrol]

Another Rivals150 guy. Got to hand it to Doh and staff - there is some serious talent that has quietly been stockpiled over the last two years.

[MustangIcon]

Awesome news. Welcome to SMU, Nick!

[ponyboy]

http://rivals.yahoo.com/basketballrecru ... sell-70334

[Harry0569]

Great to hear he is coming to SMU. I remember speaking with him when he visited as a HS senior...great kid.

[hoopmanx]

its official. He stopped taking other assistants calls last week, I'm told. Honestly, this has been all but done since January. Nick just wanted to get a clean look after the KSU semester, and then he had his jaw broken a month back, so that delayed things etc.

[ponyboy]

Is this kid a true point? More of a tweener?

[mustangxc]

Very exciting news!!! Will he be eligible in January?

[Junior]

Very exciting news!!! Will he be eligible in January?

No, has to sit out a year under his current situation. Could change, though.

[PonyPlayer4]

Just another reason to get excited about basketball moving forward

[ponyboy]

I could never understand why you'd want anyone to begin in January. Wouldn't you want him to have to sit out a year in order to preserve eligibility and not waste half a year?

[Stallion]

should be day after fall school schedule is over rather than January. December 15-18 or so. I think they start in December because the kids 5 year clock is running. His eligibility ends 5 years after his class enters school (although there are exceptions for medical waivers etc).

[ponyboy]

Gotcha. Thanks.

[mustangxc]

I thought he wasn't enrolled at Kansas State in the spring.

[hoopmanx]

He finished the semester at KSU, the question is whether he appeals to play this season b/c of family illness. If not, he''ll miss this season, and be good to go next.