Former Blue Springs Wildcat will be eligible immediately and has two years of eligibility remaining.
Three weeks ago, our friends in Tuscaloosa got some bad news when point guard Karyla Middlebrook, who had started every single one of the Crimson Tide's 62 games in 2014-15 and 2015-16, announced that she would be transferring after she graduates in May, citing the ubiquitous "need to be close to home" rationale.
BREAKING:
RS So. G Karyla Middlebrook (MO) is leaving Alabama. Will graduate in May & have two years of eligibility pic.twitter.com/xQYyt4h0Oa— Brandon Clay (@BrandonClayPSB) March 22, 2016And now, first reported by Ken Corbitt of the Capital-Journal, it appears that the former Blue Springs star -- a high school classmate of Wildcat football teammates Elijah Lee and Dalvin Warmack -- is heading to Manhattan to complete her two remaining years of eligibility.