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but play in the games that begin within a week.
He is one of two freshman in the top three of Rivals.com's national recruit rankings — Kentucky's Enes Kanter being the other — awaiting a ruling regarding eligibility for this semester. Another highly-touted recruit, Missouri's Tony Mitchell, has already been declared ineligible for academic reasons.
"My understanding — and I don't have first hand knowledge of Mitchell's case in the same way that I have knowledge of Selby's case — but from just speaking to the NCAA and seeing how they do things and talking to folks who are familiar with this stuff, it seems that Mitchell's case was easier to decide in the short-term," Torre said.
The worst-case scenario for the Jayhawks may be a Renardo Sidney-esque wait before an NCAA ruling comes down. Sidney, a sophomore power forward for Mississippi State, sat until March 5 while the NCAA investigated his case, before it finally ruled that he had to sit out the rest of the season and the first nine games of this year.
The longevity of the investigation, already grating for many
Jayhawk fans, may drag on well into the season.
"The NCAA is not going to hurry up for anyone." Torre said.
Torre said that in the last few years the NCAA had been more aggressive and proactive in its willingness to thoroughly examine a prospect before declaring him eligible. That is reflected in Sidney's case last year and Selby and Kanter's this year. Torre said the length of the investigation into Selby's eligibility was a reflection of that.
"What that points to is that the case is complex for whatever reasons," Torre said, "whether it's people who are unwilling to cooperate or just the number of people they have to interview, or any other factors. But, yeah, I would say that Selby's case is more complex than, you know, the Tony Mitchell case, for example, at least in the short term."
As for what the ruling could be or when it could come down, Torre offered little comfort for Kansas fans.
"Selby could not be cleared at all and he could be cleared today." Torre said. "I honestly have no idea in terms of the timeline."
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under 21 can be arrested for having any amount of alcohol in his or her system and Blackmon fell into that category.
Jayhawks hit road for MU rematch
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Freshman middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc hits a shot past Oklahoma middle blocker Sarah Freudenrich Oct. 16 at the Horesi Family Athletic Center. The Kansas volleyball team takes a 13-8 record into the Border Showdown against Missouri this weekend in Columbia. Mo.
Kansas travels to Columbia, Mo.
Wednesday for a Border Showdown with the Missouri Tigers, looking for a road win after dropping two matches in Lawrence against Oklahoma and Texas, and one away at Iowa State. In their last meeting, on Sept. 10, Kansas (13-9, 4-7 Big 12) stopped Missouri (13-8, 5-6 Big 12) in a four-setter to improve its record in the series to 33-49. Senior outside hitter Karina Garlington leads the Kansas offense with 3.51 kills per set, the sixth best in the Big 12.
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Garlington has collected double-digit kills in each of the past 11 matches. Junior outside hitter Allison Mayfield follows with 3.04 kills per set, performing better in conference play matches, where she has averaged 3.29. Freshman middle blocker Caroline Jarmoc hit for a .438 efficiency at Iowa State on Saturday, making a total of seven matches where she has hit for better than 400. Junior settler Nicole Tate is averaging 9.46 assists per set, the sixth best in the league.
"We need a win," she said. "So no one gets more amped than us to play Missouri."
On defense, freshman libero Brianne Riley is likely to start after playing in the libero position again Saturday. She had been seeing less court time following a minor head injury at Colorado Sept. 25.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma State star wide receiver Justin Blackmon was arrested early Tuesday on a suburban Dallas highway on a misdemeanor DUI complaint. His status with the Cowboys was unclear headed into the final weeks of the season.
Blackmon was arrested at 3:45 a.m. after officers determined he was driving 92 mph in a 60 mph zone, police spokesman Dustin Bartram said.
fifth-place spot in the Big 12, going three for three in its last six matches. Of the last 17 matches between Kansas and Missouri, Missouri has taken 12.
The Tigers are back in Columbia for a home stand after a loss to Nebraska in Lincoln. Missouri has a
Missouri seniors Julianna Klein and Paola Ampudi are major parts of the Tigers' offense. In the last Border Showdown, Klein set a career best .455 hitting efficiency with 18 kills. She leads the league in aces per set with .032 during conference play. Ampudia has averaged almost 19 kills per match in the last six matches, posting double-doubles in the last 10. She's second in the league with 4.09 kills per set.
Coach Ray Bechard said Ampudia was one of the more skilled defensive players in the league.
"The thing that makes Ampura difficult is not only do they set her in the front row but they also set her three rotations in the back." Bechard said. "You've got to track her all six rotations because she can attack from the back row, as effective almost as she is front row."
The Jayhawks are working on their defense and footwork as they prepare for the rematch with the Tigers, said senior defensive specialist Melissa Manda.
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"We had a really good run against them last time," Manda said. "We've just been working on some of the stuff that we didn't do as well as we wanted to on Saturday and making sure we're ready, on our side, for tomorrow."
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