November 21, 2019
In the post directly below this one, Aaron Torres detailed the latest in the James Wiseman saga. Yesterday, the NCAA suspended the Memphis star for 12 games and is requiring him to donate $11,500 — the same amount Penny Hardaway gave his mother to pay for the move from Nashville to Memphis in 2017 —…
It’s been just under three weeks since the news first broke that Memphis and freshman James Wiseman had broken NCAA rules when his family accepted money from coach Penny Hardaway. A full three weeks since Memphis got the information, and decided to play Wiseman anyway. Three weeks since the school essentially gave a middle finger…
November 11, 2019
John Calipari fought hard for a commitment from James Wiseman, the No. 1 player in America in last year’s high school recruiting class. Calipari was on Wiseman early and often, only to lose him in the end to new hire Penny Hardaway at Memphis. Now Wiseman and Hardaway are in hot water for improper benefits…
November 8, 2019
James Wiseman dominated the recruiting headlines last year before choosing Penny Hardaway and Memphis over Kentucky, Florida State, Kansas, and Vanderbilt. According to multiple reports, the talented big man has been ruled ineligible. The NCAA has ruled Memphis F/C James Wiseman — the possible No. 1 overall pick in 2020 NBA Draft — ineligible, his…
May 21, 2019
Penny Hardaway has the top-ranked recruiting class in America and he wants his incoming freshmen to get a shot at John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats. In a Tuesday afternoon press conference in Memphis to discuss his new recruiting haul, Hardaway was asked about any new progress on establishing a home-and-home series with Calipari. He admitted he…