Alabama point guard Jahvon Quinerly's appeal to play this season after transferring from Villanova was denied Tuesday, according to ESPN's Jeff Borzello.
Per Joey Blackwell of Sports Illustrated, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne and head men's basketball coach Nate Oats released a joint statement on the NCAA's decision:
"We can't begin to express how disappointed we are with this decision. Jahvon and his family have been through a set of circumstances that no student-athlete in the history of the NCAA has experienced.
"Their name has been falsely dragged through the mud for two years, and we felt confident that the NCAA Committee for Legislative Relief would recognize this very unique set of circumstances.