NCAA College Basketball: Kentucky Wildcats center awaits ruling
Enes Kanter, a freshman center with the Kentucky Wildcats, may be able to practice with the team as he awaits a decision on his amateur status.
But Kanter will need to get another waiver from the NCAA while his status is investigated, Kentucky spokesman DeWayne Peevy told ESPN.com.
Kentucky coach John Calipari said last week that he thought Kanter’s waiver was through Friday of last week, not to Friday, and had he understood it correctly, the team would have practiced Wednesday-Thursday last week instead of Thursday-Friday.
The NCAA is reviewing the 6-foot-11 center’s eligibility based on whether he received expenses beyond what is considered necessary while playing for a club team in Turkey in 2008-09 prior to his year in an American high school, according to ESPN.com.
The NCAA also is looking at whether Kanter received a salary. Kanter is projected as a top-five pick in the June 2011 NBA draft if he declares.
Kanter, who originally committed to Washington and then signed with Kentucky, got a 45-day grace period that allowed him to practice as the team prepared for a three-game exhibition trip to Canada in mid-August. Kanter wasn’t allowed to go on the trip because he wasn’t eligible. Kentucky received an extension that ran out Thursday.
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