SF LaQuinton Ross (Memphis Hustle - NBA G-League)

[Atlbuck3]

Heres the article from Rivals

Guess this year is basically a redshirt. Any chance of him rejoining after this semester? Seems like there should be a way for him to take a remedial class at tOSU or knock one out in prep school and be back with the team after the semester.

Word is they are trying to get him to qualify and come back in decemeber when the 2nd quarter starts.

 

[NINJA BUCK13]

Somewhere Jordan Sibert is saying Amen...:pirate1:

 

[lord vegas]

From what i remember reading about this kid was that he stated he was a one and done... Now he may have changed his mind since so who knows...and im not sure how the nba rules work...can someone be ruled ineligible for the year and then jump to the nba the following year? Either way i hope he follows witherspoons lead and sit out the year and come back hungry to succeed

I think he would be eligible for the draft even if he couldn't play this year. I think the wording is something about being x amount of time from your graduating class and of a certain age. With the strike and potential for a different age restriction being in place I hope he focuses on getting into tOSU.

 

[neilmj]

From what i remember reading about this kid was that he stated he was a one and done... Now he may have changed his mind since so who knows...and im not sure how the nba rules work...can someone be ruled ineligible for the year and then jump to the nba the following year? Either way i hope he follows witherspoons lead and sit out the year and come back hungry to succeed

NBA requries you be one year out of high school, so yeah he could go pro, but I would seriously doubt that (he's not a big, he's underweight. who knows if there's a draft. all of those things would work against him if he applied for that draft).

Word is they are trying to get him to qualify and come back in December when the 2nd quarter starts.

Makes sense, he already has a summer quarter under his belt so it would be nice to see him for the more important part of the season.

 

[Buckskin86]

Ross ineligible to start season

Ohio State men?s basketball player LaQuinton Ross has been designated a freshman non-qualifier by the NCAA and will not be on the Ohio State men's basketball roster when the team begins preseason practice Oct. 14, the athletic department announced today.

Ross, a wing guard, had been impressive in sRossummer workouts with the team, according to sources, and was expected to be a factor in the playing rotation this season. Ohio State listed him as 6 feet 8 and 225 pounds.

?That?s gonna hurt,? former Ohio State player Ron Lewis posted on his Twitter account today after learning of Ross' ineligibility. Lewis said he played against Ross in pickup games this summer and described him as a ?good player.?

Ross returned home to Jackson, Miss., last night, a source close to him said today. As an initially ineligible player, he can not attend classes on an athletic scholarship and is once again classified as a prospect, meaning he can be recruited by schools other than Ohio State.

Ross could regain his initial eligibility at Ohio State or any other school, the source said, if he passes a class similar to those that were red-flagged by the NCAA and re-takes the ACT exam, and if his grade for that class and his ACT score are sufficient enough according the NCAA?s ?sliding scale? for initial eligibility.

The next ACT testing date is Oct. 22, but the registration deadline for that has passed. The next date after that is Dec. 10. So, conceivably, Ross could be eligible for the start of winter quarter Jan. 3.

cont...

http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/blogs/hoops-and-scoops/2011/09/ross-ineligible.html

 

[ScriptOhio]

From a CBS bulletin board: "Ross is a non-qualifier for a really odd reason. At his old (Mississippi) high school, the old grading scale said that a 70-74.5% grade was a D - you had to get above 75% for a C. After Ross left, the school changed their grading scale to the more universal 90-80-70-60 grading scale. Ross had two grades that were originally D's that would have been raised to C's based on the new grading scale. They showed up on his transcripts as C's, but the NCAA clearinghouse learned of the changes, checked with the school (the grading scale change was not retroactive) and realized that the grades were originally D's. That put the combination of Ross's SAT/GPA just under the required limit while the C's would have put him over the limit. By the book, the NCAA made the correct call. Had the grading scale change been retroactive, or had it been made while Ross was still at that school, he would be eligible."

http://eye-on-college-basketball.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/26283066/32281899

If this is true I think he got the "shaft" from the NCAA, etc.

 

[DZ83CK]

Well, the good news is he's so close to qualifying that retaking a couple classes online will make him eligible, and it seems like he could easily be eligible after the first quarter is over. The bad news is he has to leave the team/university and go all the way back to Mississippi. If he can be eligible by the beginning of January, then it will work out fine.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

speaking selfishly, the good news is also that he can't just go somewhere else and play ball immediately. without any specific knowledge, my guess is that we'll see him back at ohio state, provided that his academics are in order by winter quarter.

i think the time he spent this summer at ohio state will be a major factor. he's invested in ohio state and ohio state is invested in him.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

by the by, i look forward to the day that we say adios to the ncaa.

 

[OhioState001]

It doesn't make sense to me you would think the NCAA would have a standard grading scale so that if one kid goes to a harder grading school he gets the same grade as someone that goes to a regular school

 

[y0yoyoin]

It doesn't make sense to me you would think the NCAA would have a standard grading scale so that if one kid goes to a harder grading school he gets the same grade as someone that goes to a regular school

no because that would make to much sense

 

[MaxBuck]

As a wise educator (dean of the business college at a historically black university) once told me, "Our problem isn't that our admission standards are too low. Our problem is that our graduation standards are too low, and I've been working like crazy to change that."

He himself had come from a poor rural town in the South and could not have gained acceptance to a more mainstream college. After he got graduate degrees from Rice and Harvard, he proved that success is possible even for kids with substandard secondary education. The NCAA is all about PR with very little concern about the welfare of the student-athlete.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

the killer here is necessarily missing everything from now until the beginning of january. he would likely have no impact on this season.

 

[Buckskin86]

Men's basketball: Ohio State freshman declared ineligible
Ross might be able to join Buckeyes in early December
By Bob Baptist
The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday September 27, 2011

The deeper bench coach Thad Matta appears to have at his disposal will be one body shorter to start the Ohio State men?s basketball season. But if all goes according to plan, it will be a brief inconvenience.

Freshman LaQuinton Ross was designated an academic nonqualifier by the NCAA, the OSU athletic department announced yesterday, and will not be on the roster when preseason practice begins Oct. 14.

But Ross? coach the past two years at Life Center Academy in Burlington, N.J., Wilson Arroyo, said the 6-foot-8, 225-pound wing could become eligible after fall quarter ends Dec. 8. Arroyo said his understanding of the rule is that Ross would not have to wait until the start of winter quarter Jan. 3.

?Once you become eligible, you?re eligible,? he said. ?School doesn?t have to be in session.?

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http://www.buckeyextra.com/content/stories/2011/09/27/ohio-state-freshman-declared-ineligible.html

Ohio State?s Ross Hoping for December Eligibility (UPDATED)

By Adam Zagoria on September 26, 2011

Ohio State recruit LaQuinton Ross was ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA and hopes to join the Buckeyes by December.

?He will be returning home [to Jackson, Miss.] to take a math class and an English class,? Wilson Arroyo, his former coach at Burlington (N.J.) Life Center, told SNY.tv. ?Most likely he will take NCAA-approved on-line courses. He will also be studying to retake his SAT to improve his score.

?The plan is for him to take those courses and retake the SAT and/or ACT. Once he receives his eligibility he plans on returning to Ohio State in early December.?

http://www.zagsblog.com/2011/09/26/ross-ineligible-at-ohio-state/

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

early december would be much, MUCH better than early january.