The James Wiseman eligibility saga now has a defined end date. But the problems are just beginning for the University of Memphis and basketball coach Penny Hardaway.
The NCAA ruled that Wiseman, the No. 1 recruit in the class of 2019, must sit an additional 11 games for accepting impermissible benefits before returning to action for the Tigers. That penalty includes the three games in which he participated to start the season, flouting NCAA feedback telling the school it was likely playing an ineligible player and should sit Wiseman.
The benefit was impermissible because of Hardaway’s status as a Memphis booster.