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Another traditional transfer getting a waiver bodes well for incoming Syracuse basketball recruit Alan Griffin.
Syracuse basketball commit Alan Griffin, assuming he applies for a waiver to officially compete in the 2020-21 campaign, and the season actually occurs amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, stands a great shot of landing such a waiver from the NCAA.
The 6-foot-5 wing, a talented sophomore transfer from Illinois, is from Ossining, N.Y., which is about four hours from the Orange campus. If he asks the NCAA for a waiver to immediately play, and all or part of his argument is that Griffin wants to attend a university much closer to his Empire State hometown given the pandemic, well, now he’s got some precedent to receive a waiver.