Turner Going Pro?

[hoopmanx]

Rivals reported it
SMU is letting in every JUCO that graduates with a degree many of which were non-qualifiers out of high school.. SMU has let in a long line of Division 1A transfers that were on academic probation. Under NCAA transfer rules (4 to 4 year schools) some have to transfer to a Juco or CC first to become eligible to receive aid at a 4 year school-but we let them in when they meet NCAA transfer rules. Not all transfers from 4 year universities are eligible to receive academic aid at another 4 year university in the first year of transfer

We have now 5 years of experience. The evidence is overwhelming with probably 25 examples in Football and Basketball. A better question to those who persist with perpetuating this myth is to ask which QUALIFIED recruits were NOT ADMITTED because of ACADEMICS

You lack a fundamental understanding of how this works. The fact that you took rivals word for it is funny, if only cause this staff is exceptionally new media and pr savvy. I'm not spilling the beans on any of this, but they have you believing exactly what they want you believe w regards to Josiah. It's a wonderful staff that really gets it. Try not to make sweeping statements by what you read on services, cause as great as they are, their access is predicated on how the tip-toe the party line

[RyanSMU98]

From Andy Katz' interview with LB:

SMU had one guard who would be considered a Big East-level talent in Arizona transfer Josiah Turner, who played one season at Arizona and averaged 6.8 points and 2.4 assists. He was also suspended twice by coach Sean Miller. However, Turner didn't want to go to school and left SMU before he started, opting to pursue a professional career.

"We talked for a long time, and he doesn't want to go to school," said Brown. "I said then go to JC for a year, so you don't have to sit and then play. But he said, 'Coach, I don't want to go to class.'

You all can bicker back and forth about admissions standards and what not, but when the kid tells his coach flat out he doesn't want to go to class, he ain't gonna cut it. Best of luck to him in Europe.

[hoopmanx]

Those quotes are from Larry. This is the big east, and kids who hate or don't go to class, make up 10 of your 13 ships. Just know we're better without him and with nic Moore, cause that's the trade off

[Ikus]

I have a hard time believing Brown would comment on a student who is not enrolled, and considering how tight the privacy laws are, isn't it safe to assume there's no way SMU would tell rivals or anyone else whether a kid had been admitted? Coaches aren't allowed to comment on a sprained ankle until a kid signs a waiver, so I find it really hard to believe anyone working for the university would talk about a kid's admission.

[ponyscott]

At least the kid was honest...he didn't waste everyone's time here at SMU.

[SMU 86]

I have a hard time believing Brown would comment on a student who is not enrolled, and considering how tight the privacy laws are, isn't it safe to assume there's no way SMU would tell rivals or anyone else whether a kid had been admitted? Coaches aren't allowed to comment on a sprained ankle until a kid signs a waiver, so I find it really hard to believe anyone working for the university would talk about a kid's admission.

Publicly no. But all the media has sources inside the program including PP. They don't all have the same sources but they all have sources.