Doucoure enrolled

[knight82]

I get the distinct impression that RU feels very good about MD being eligible, otherwise he'd prep the extra season.

No reason to start the kids clock if the consensus is he won't be able to play.

Obviously, there are no guarantees, but you'd have to think positively here IMHO

This staff knows what they're doing. If they are confident, that's good enough me.

 

[knights1212]

I fully agree. Hopefully he can be cleared by our first OOC game.

 

[Russ Wood]

Could be wrong but I think we're already outrebounding most of the Big 10, if not everyone.

Last season RU was No. 1 in the B1G in Offensive rebounding and tied for eighth in Defensive rebounding

 

[Russ Wood]

It's just great to have him on campus, which was the biggest step. The next step will be clearing house, which I expect the staff has been working on. After that, practice which he will be there for Mid-Night Madness.

Initially I do not think the staff can't help a student athlete with the NCAA eligibility center. The student athlete has to submit documentation, his high school(s) have to submit documentation and his SAT or ACT scores have to be submitted by the the test administrators.

What the staff CAN do is provide guidance to a student-athlete on what he or she needs to do to get qualified to be admitted to the university and encourage them to get the documentation the NCAA eligibility center needs submitted to the NCAA.

Student-athletes are encouraged to register with the NCAA eligibility center the first semester of their sophomore year of high school and to begin uploading documentation on a regular basis. The NCAA eligibility center even provides a calendar of which documents should be submitted by which dates.

 

[ScarletLongIsland]

I thought I read somewhere that Doucoure was originally 2017 class, then reclassiified to 2018 and now back to 2017. If so, that would seem to help the fact to have the required courses completed although the OSNA thing doesn't help

 

[PaKnight]

- While there are lots of steps - and the are multiple section online questionnaires can be completed - it is not rocket science - and there is no 'mystery'
- a lot of answers can be found here: http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/play-division-i-sports
- there is a section where you identify your high school (by checking a box - they already have the school listed in the system & have assigned it an ID number) you the do a basic check - check -check for all of the core courses (they have most of the possible courses - with the NCAA's ID number for the course for your school also loaded into the system - but they do not always have all of them - and don't have the unique ones) that you have taken - this is only preliminary - since it is intended that you initially register during your sophomore year - then the official recognizing of your courses starts to happen when you have your school submits your preliminary official transcript - that formally logs your courses taken into the system - this is during junior year - a preliminary eligibility is determined (plays a role in recruiting process - gotta be legit to get an official trip) For D1 you have to earn at least a 2.3 GPA in your core courses. But there is also a sliding scale composite score GPA & (SAT / ACT) that you need to hit so a higher GPA may take some SAT / ACT pressure off - it can be found in the link above

To be eligible to compete in NCAA sports during your first year at a Division I school, you must graduate high school and meet ALL the following requirements:

• Complete 16 core courses:
  • Four years of English
  • Three years of math (Algebra 1 or higher) - - (no basic arithmetic)
    
  • Two years of natural/physical science (including one year of lab science if your high school offers it)
  • One additional year of English, math or natural/physical science
  • Two years of social science
  • Four additional years of English, math, natural/physical science, social science, foreign language, comparative religion or philosophy
  
  
• Complete 10 core courses, including seven in English, math or natural/physical science, before your seventh semester

There are pages and pages and page of questions regarding amateurism - and where and when you participated in sports outside of the high school experience -

RU can help - and hopefully knows virtually everything - and has helped to make sure everything is in order - but fundamentally this is the Athlete's process - and really only the athlete and their high school(s) - and potentially their outside teams or organizations will be involved in an official manner. Right now Rutgers is sort of an outsider - only serving as a support for the athlete.

So, where do things get murky?
1. If some classes that the athlete is using to meet the 'core requirement' have non-standard names it can cause scrutiny - and then they have to read the course description - contact the school - and it can become a bit of a bureaucratic mess - especially if the NCAA has the High School on the "watch list"
2. If some of the timing is off ... or if the kid has changed schools ( kids with 4 high schools in 4 years can be touch & go) .. or if the High School is just lousy at responding - all can slow - derail process
3. If the Amateurism stuff is fuzzy / fishy - the NCAA claws into that - mostly impacts international athletes who may have been traveling on teams with close interaction with professionals - navigating all that is an art form.

Great job!

 

[higgins3]

I think the staff knows what they are doing..

Have some faith.