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Auburn basketball freshman Sharife Cooper has finally been cleared to play according to former teammate Tyrell Jones.
2021 is wasting no time bringing the major headlines just a week and a day into the year. The world could use some good news, and Auburn basketball fans may be getting the best possible news they can get: Sharife Cooper could play tomorrow.
According to Tigers transfer Tyrell “Turbo” Jones, Cooper has already been cleared to play by the NCAA:
My boy back now it’s about to get real ugly #2
— Tyrell Jones “ ” (@TurboRell) January 9, 2021
Cooper’s eligibility has been held hostage by the NCAA–who has leaned more on inference than investigation–and it has cost the possible NBA prospect 11 games of his college basketball career.