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College basketball analyst Seth Davis chimes in on the Cheick Diallo NCAA eligibility saga
SCOTT CHASEN
@SChasenKU
CHICAGO — While the Kansas Jayhawks were set to take on the Michigan State Spartans in Chicago at the Champions Classic, freshman phenom Cheick Diallo's eligibility was still up in the air.
On Tuesday, the Kansan spoke with Seth Davis, college basketball reporter for Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports and host of The Seth Davis Show on Campus Insiders, about the Diallo situation. Here is the perspective he offered.
On the entire process:
"The process that's set up is set up because the schools want this process. So when people keep saying, 'Well the NCAA is taking too long,' well, Kansas is the NCAA. So, the
frustrating part for everybody is that there's just not a lot of good information. We don't really know why it's taking as long as it is.
They say that 99 percent of the cases just kind of fly through no problem. And this is really the only lingering one, and with international kids, it's even more complicated. So it's easy to sit back and play to the cheap seats — to be honest — and say, 'Oh, what's taking them so long?' Well, only the people involved know what's taking so long, and the NCAA by rule and by law cannot release this information."
On what he would change with the way its set up now:
"If I'm looking to change something — I'm not looking to make it faster or slower,
(although) obviously faster is always going to be better — I would like there to be rules in place where they can be more transparent... what I find is when you dig, and you really get to some answers, it does become clear more often than not that there's a legitimate reason why it takes as long as it does."
On why the current policies are in place:
"I was actually just in the national office, meeting with Oliver Luck, and I asked this question: 'Why are you guys even in the eligibility business?' And his answer was, 'Because that's what the schools want.' The fact is that Kansas does not trust school X, Y, Z, A, B or C to be above board, on the level, as far as who they're admitting into the
Freshman Cheick Diallo smiles on the bench.
school. They want some kind of safety net where people are looking at transcripts, looking at academic qualifications, and making sure students who are
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being admitted to college legitimately belong there.
This is what the schools want.
They don't trust each other.
If that's what they want then
that's what they have, but you have to be careful what you wish for."
—Edited by Maddie Farber
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Kansas volleyball preview: Jayhawks face the West Virginia Mountaineers
The volleyball team comes together before a match.
AMIE JUST
@Amie Just
The regular season for No.9 Kansas volleyball is drawing to a close. The Jayhawks have three more matches left before Selection Sunday for the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 29.
Up next for the Jayhawks is a road trip to Morgantown, W.Va., to face the West Virginia Mountaineers.
When West Virginia came to Lawrence in early October, a few games into the conference season, Kansas swept them in three sets.
Kansas was 15-0 then. West Virginia was 5-10.
Kansas has dropped two matches since the two schools last played. West Virginia has lost all 10. And every match, with the exception of one, was a sweep on their opponents' end.
West Virginia has yet to win a conference match. It's the only school in the Big 12 without a conference win.
Stat sheet
percentage, assists per set, kills
per set, blocks per set, service
acces per set and digs per set.
West Virginia registers last in the conference in all seven team statistics — hitting percentage, opponent hitting
Kansas is first or second in each of those statistics, with the exception of digs per set, where Kansas ranks No. 4 in the Big 12.
Individually, four West Virginia players are on the top 10 charts in the Big 12 compared to Kansas' 13.
Awards roundup
The Academic All-Big 12 awards were released this week and six Jayhawks made the list. Junior setter Maggie Anderson, junior middle blocker
Janae Hall, sophomore outside hitter Madison Ridgon, junior middle blocker Tayler Soucie and junior libero Cassie Wait were tabbed to the first team. Sophomore setter Ainise Havili was named to the second team.
Three West Virginia volleyball players — Gianna Gotterba, Morgan Montgomery and Hannah Shreve were named to the academic first team as well.
Match details
First serve between Kansas and West Virginia is at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Edited by Maddie Farber
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