The Dewan Hernandez saga is finally over, but it is not the ending he or University of Miami basketball fans were hoping for.
The NCAA ruled on Monday that Hernandez, a junior forward, must sit out the rest of this season and 40 percent of next season for “entering into an agreement and accepting benefits from an agent.”
Hernandez had been ruled ineligible and missed all 19 games so far this season because of his connection with aspiring agent Christian Dawkins. He went through a complicated appeal process, and applied to be reinstated, but the NCAA denied his request.