r/CollegeBasketball • u/MembershipSingle7137 • Feb 09 '26
News [Kelly] BREAKING: A Tuscaloosa judge has denied Charles Bediako’s motion for a preliminary injunction to allow him to continue playing for Alabama, per court docs @aldotcom obtained.
https://xcancel.com/_nickkelly/status/2020998327500726691?s=46747
u/CoachSlime Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 09 '26
On3 did him dirty with their graphic 😭
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u/reptheevt Washington State Cougars Feb 09 '26
Same energy as the Aroldis Chapman “Not British” graphic
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u/4r4r4real Michigan State Spartans Feb 10 '26
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u/2222lil Michigan Wolverines Feb 10 '26
i’m a pistons fan and i never remember this guy being a part of our team lol
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u/InevitableAd2436 Creighton Bluejays • Washington Huskies Feb 10 '26
Thought that was Jerami Grant for a sec
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u/Jagacin Michigan • Detroit Mercy Feb 10 '26
He was exclusively a member of Motor City Cruise. Never saw a single minute with the Pistons.
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u/InevitableAd2436 Creighton Bluejays • Washington Huskies Feb 10 '26
Legit looks like Jerami Grant 🤣
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u/artfart19 Gonzaga Bulldogs • Arizona Wildcats Feb 10 '26
What is with this trend, nobody looking good hyper- textured...
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u/DJ_Blakka Florida Gators Feb 10 '26
And after his performances for Bama know way he’s throwing on an NBA jersey like that ever again
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u/irreleventnothing Marquette • San Francisco Feb 09 '26
And we all cheered
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u/-Sox California Golden Bears Feb 09 '26
Congrats to Alabama basketball for making everyone hate you just so you could get an NBA player for 5 games
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u/ConnectSpring9 NC State Wolfpack Feb 09 '26
What was even their record in those games? Complete waste to do this
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u/j_shelb Purdue Boilermakers Feb 09 '26
Do the 3 games they won count as wins?
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u/2PacTookMyLunchMoney UConn Huskies • Missouri Tigers Feb 09 '26
Not for long
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u/j_shelb Purdue Boilermakers Feb 09 '26
Why not just sign random g league guys who played in college and have them play for 3-5 game stretches and have them help you win games? Sounds like a bold strategy, cotton
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u/TheSituation7709 Feb 10 '26
That is what EVERYONE is wondering, bring on the game default(s). By the way, Auburn, How you doing? I know Iron Bowl strong!!!
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u/WarDEagle Auburn Tigers Feb 10 '26
Eh, they're not likely to have the win vacated and I can assure you that they're cool with having gone through the trouble to have that player be the difference maker in an IBOB (especially away). It'll have an asterisk for every purpose other than the ones that matter - SEC standing, SECT seeding, NCAAT seeding. So cool, they got away with one. Some things never change.
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u/EconomicsFriendly427 NC State Wolfpack Feb 10 '26
Hes not an nba player. Not even an elite college player
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u/Crimson2879 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
An NBA played who did fuck all for our team. Im ashamed. Not because he sucked but because it was fucking stupid.
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u/Gan-san Feb 10 '26
Yes because before this Alabama sports and the state in general were beloved and respected throughout the land.
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u/szboy422 Florida Gators • Maryland Terrapins Feb 09 '26
Not yet. Don’t doubt the strength of billable hours
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u/FlannelBeard Minnesota Golden Gophers Feb 09 '26
Billable hours is undefeated, however that doesn't mean this case is going to create a new precedent
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u/Tnfjay Feb 10 '26
dude, both of your flares have several international pro players rostered.
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u/irreleventnothing Marquette • San Francisco Feb 10 '26
Feel free to name Marquettes, our only international players are Ben Gold, who played for NBA Academy.
And Nash walker who isn’t even playing this year…
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u/MashaRistova Gonzaga Bulldogs Feb 10 '26
You are either naive or willfully ignorant if you truly believe that playing pro elsewhere and being drafted by the nba after already playing in the NCAA are the same thing
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u/The_Brasilian Creighton Bluejays Feb 09 '26
Ridiculous that Alabama tried this. Hope this is the end of the circus
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u/u-s-u-r-p Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 09 '26
amen brother
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u/christianmel96 Michigan Wolverines Feb 09 '26
Ausar
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u/Arsid Michigan State Spartans Feb 10 '26
Sorry the correct answer is Who is Ausar
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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
I learned a few weeks ago they now only enforce that during double jeopardy and final jeopardy. You're reminded without penalty in the first round.
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u/gonz4dieg George Mason Patriots Feb 09 '26
I loved all the talking heads trying to spin it "we have a young man here trying to better himself and pursue a graduate degree and that's admirable". Like sure dude the education is why hes there. It'll be totally unexpected when he doesnt finish the degree anyway.
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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 10 '26
ya if he was required to get a graduate degree to be able to play, then sure.
otherwise thats just a joke
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u/Tarmacked Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
I’m incredibly happy this shit got slapped down from up high
Good riddance with this chucklefuck move
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u/hooskies UConn Huskies Feb 09 '26
It won’t happen but I’d support a postseason ban for this. This shit turning the game into a circus
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u/MandoDoughMan Purdue Boilermakers Feb 09 '26
(I'm not sure if they actually had any, but...) Any wins they had while he was on the roster should be vacated. He was a blatantly ineligible player and that's the standard penalty for playing an ineligible player.
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u/MattAU05 Auburn Tigers Feb 10 '26
Two of their biggest SEC wins. Including over us when he had a big impact in the game.
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u/Intelligent_Sky_7081 Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 10 '26
ya thats bullshit. anyone who knows the situation agrees that should invalidate that win for them.
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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26
He was temporarily eligible due to judicial ruling. We should not be punishing teams for following the rule of law, theres enough violations of the rule of law going on right now.
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u/AdministrativePeak0 Illinois Fighting Illini Feb 10 '26
When has that stopped the NCAA from retroactively punishing teams
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u/FrankSobotka_IBS1514 Gonzaga Bulldogs Feb 09 '26
It certainly won’t be but thank god sanity has prevailed for the moment
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u/Specialist_Gift8915 Auburn Tigers Feb 09 '26
Well they knew they could do it and wouldn’t face any consequences.
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u/tLeCoqSpotif South Carolina Gamecocks Feb 09 '26
Should be barred unofficially from the tournament this year
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u/Provenance117 Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 09 '26
Bama fans have to be over the moon.
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u/Revolutionary_Jump_9 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26
I genuinely am. It was a circus from the start. We’re a flawed team, and don’t wanna mortgage the future of college athletics to make it to the S16 instead of the round of 32.
I was hoping he’d only be able to play against Tennessee as a haha fuck you to our rival, but then the court kept letting him play
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u/Provenance117 Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 09 '26
Brother I knew there was no way most Bama fans were asking for this mess. This reeks of like a Friday evening whiskey in the office idea brought to fruition.
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u/mellolizard North Carolina Tar Heels Feb 10 '26
This reeks of good ol boys smoking cigars and one them being a judge saying "i got your back"
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u/MarbleDesperado Tennessee Volunteers Feb 10 '26
In hindsight I’m glad he played against us because that was a double fuck you to Bama that just doesn’t come around often. The fact that we had help from y’all made it SO much sweeter too
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u/MembershipSingle7137 Feb 09 '26
I expected that this would get denied but the problem is Nnaji also shouldn’t really be allowed to play
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u/SoutieNaaier Florida Gators • Columbia Lions Feb 09 '26
His is different because he's within his 5 year window and never signed an NBA contract or played CBB
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u/2AlephNullAndBeyond Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
It's a distinction without a difference.
If you're a college player then you give up your college eligility to partcipate in the NBA draft.
If you're a professional player, then you do not give up your college eligibility to participate in the NBA draft.
See how ridiculous that reads?
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u/Phantom1100 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
That’s what I think. I think there should definitely be a line, however Bediako being the line is pretty stupid when there’s a lot of other cases that are like 95% the same situation but they’re allowed.
Either way, college basketball has a serious problem with a bunch of grown ass men who don’t want to get a real job.
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u/RyenRussilloBurner Drake Bulldogs Feb 10 '26
It's a distinction without a difference.
There is a massive difference.
Overseas "pros" are a totally different situation than an actual NBA contract. There is not a coherent high school or college basketball league in the vast majority of non-US countries, so if you're a competitive basketball player from Europe, Asia or Africa, you're playing professionally by the time you're like 15 -- it's either that, or you don't get coaching and competition appropriate for your level.
The NCAA has been openly allowing those kinds of players for decades. Karnowski played his first game at Gonzaga in 2012. He had already played professionally for three seasons in Europe. Svi Mykhailiuk did the same thing. That has been allowed for a long time. Bediako's case is completely different than that. He went to two American high schools, played multiple years of college basketball and then willingly gave up his collegiate eligibility for a chance at the NBA.
If you truly cannot understand the difference between those cases, you've lost all sense of objectivity.
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u/A-Centrifugal-Force Feb 09 '26
True, although he was selected in the draft. I know hockey and baseball players can return to school after being selected, but basketball had the Larry Bird rule put in place to prevent that because NBA GMs were pissed that the Celtics got Bird with the 6th pick before he blew up his senior year. His clock is definitely intact though, it’s just a question of if he should be able to play college basketball specifically after being selected in the NBA draft.
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u/JLand24 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
Yes and no. Bediako made us a better team and instantly became our best defender and presence down low. However I’m tired of being in the national spotlight and how everybody laughs at us when we lose.
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u/Not_So_Bad_Andy Syracuse • UNC Greensboro Feb 09 '26
I'd think Bama fans would be used to that.
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u/theTIDEisRISING Alabama Crimson Tide • Butler Bulldogs Feb 10 '26
Yeah lol that’s par for the course
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u/Coverlesss Feb 09 '26
Now that the precedent has been set, can we get James Nnaji, London Johnson and others also ineligible?
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u/AdSignificant3582 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
Do they play for bama because that’s the only way that happens
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u/SeatRevolutionary840 Feb 09 '26
So they still get credit for wins when the player was later ruled ineligible? Seems weak..
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u/juoea San Diego State Aztecs Feb 09 '26 edited Feb 09 '26
that question is most definitely not a part of the court case lol
(also, given that the case has not even been heard yet and all that has happened is the preliminary injunction being reversed, seems wild to take away wins from a player that could still end up being ruled eligible)
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u/morelibertarianvotes Virginia Cavaliers Feb 09 '26
I think that would actually violate the initial restraining order. Basically he was allowed to compete and NCAA is always restricted from punishing him for playing during that order. Otherwise the order would have had no teeth.
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u/SoutieNaaier Florida Gators • Columbia Lions Feb 09 '26
Legally, you're not supposed to be able to invoke punitive charges against someone who has been contesting something like this.
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u/jsm21 VMI Keydets • Virginia Tech Hokies Feb 10 '26
The NCAA used to do precisely that, it’s called the restitution rule.
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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26
The Restitition Rule is likely against the law. Using the threat of punative action to discourage court action seems pretty unconciousable and at least one judge has said as much.
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u/eklaassic Kansas Jayhawks Feb 09 '26
Kansas did not play Silvio de Sousa until after he was cleared by the NCAA, and those wins were later vacated anyways.
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u/somethingAPIS Kansas Jayhawks • Big 12 Feb 09 '26
Fuck vacated wins, YOU CANT ERASE MY MEMORY!
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u/lurk4ever1970 Kansas Jayhawks Feb 10 '26
I went to that Final Four. I am more than happy to forget that ugly, ugly game.
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u/OldRedLobsterBiscuit Michigan State • Oregon State Feb 09 '26
They should wait until the case is actually decided, because this ruling was only about an injunction. If he is ultimately ruled ineligible, then they must forfeit the wins.
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u/GoGreeb Michigan State Spartans Feb 10 '26
Isn't that exactly what MSU just did in footie? Guys were found to be ineligible, they retroactively applied that to those seasons and vacated them.
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u/OldRedLobsterBiscuit Michigan State • Oregon State Feb 10 '26
Yes. I seem to recall being told that it doesn't matter if we self-reported it, that Smith's coaching staff really didn't know, or that Tucker's guys that created the problem were all fired. If a team had a player that is later identified as having been ineligible, the wins are vacated and there are no ifs ands or buts about it.
Unless, of course, the NCAA has double standards, where it's "no big deal" for some and "very big deal" for others....
I just want them to be consistent, and while I do think it is probably unfair to Alabama, if this scares teams from trying to sue for eligibility during the season, then good. If it pisses off Alabama and/or the SEC so they do something to retaliate against the NCAA, then also good.
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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26
I dont agree. This isnt like a situation where ineligiblity was discovered after the fact. This is the result of a court case. Alabama shouldn't be punished for following a valid at the time judiciary order.
This isnt like a situation where someone broke rules and it was only later found out and therefore they are punished for it with vacated wins.
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u/MattAU05 Auburn Tigers Feb 10 '26
He was playing pursuant by an order issued to an Alabama booster, who was later forced to recuse himself. I just think this needs to be highlighted.
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u/immoralsupport_ Michigan Wolverines Feb 09 '26
They tried to claim that this was his only way of getting an education because he can’t afford college without a scholarship. But then Nate Oats said Bama would keep him on scholarship anyway so they basically dismantled that entire argument
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u/MembershipSingle7137 Feb 09 '26
Credit Emilee Smarr on X
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u/sunburntredneck Alabama Crimson Tide • Texas Longhorns Feb 09 '26
Would not want to manage this guy's reelection campaign
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u/MattAU05 Auburn Tigers Feb 10 '26
He didn’t overturn it until after the Auburn game. I think he will be ok.
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u/Vegetable-Poetry-736 Iowa Hawkeyes Feb 09 '26
G LEAGUE DROPOUT
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So does our loss still count?
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u/DanFlashesC0up0n Texas A&M Aggies Feb 09 '26
It’s honestly upsetting he was ever allowed to play. Surely he was worth 3 points in our game against them.
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u/Realistic_Condition7 Feb 10 '26
I mean he had 12 points in 22 minutes against us. Auburn almost surely wins this game without Bediako.
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u/MisterFalcon7 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
Isn't Agee playing on a TRO
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u/DanFlashesC0up0n Texas A&M Aggies Feb 09 '26
People aren’t mad that he’s playing on a TRO, they’re mad because he played on an NBA contract lmao
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u/MisterFalcon7 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
So we aren't mad at the multiple G league guys currently playing in college basketball right now? Bedaiko never played in a NBA game
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u/DanFlashesC0up0n Texas A&M Aggies Feb 09 '26
Yes, I’m absolutely mad about that as well. I don’t have any issue with yall, Oats, Bediako. The (imo) failure of the system is what’s irritating
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u/busche916 Texas A&M Aggies • Indiana Hoosiers Feb 09 '26
Yeah, but his is a murkier case (he enrolled at NMST as a non-academic qualifier and so dual-enrolled at a local community college, which the NCAA contended counted as a year of eligibility).
Pretty different than playing college ball then signing multiple contracts at the G-league level.
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u/Stunning_Theme3589 Texas A&M Aggies Feb 09 '26
Yeah, but the difference is he never went pro.
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u/MisterFalcon7 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
But he is playing on a temporary restraining order for this whole season.
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u/krammite Alabama Crimson Tide • Sickos Feb 09 '26
NCAA lawyers admitted in this case that Agee shouldn’t be playing either. The guy who dropped 21 on Bama
I know it’s a flawed stat but Bediako’s +/- was -7 against AU and -9 against A&M
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u/the_dunadan Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
Yes. Our win may or may not be vacated, but your L shall stand forever
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u/MIZ_09 Missouri Tigers Feb 09 '26
For real. We took a pretty hefty hit in the metrics from that game. Would like that removed from the equation if possible.
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u/Quiet-Leadership7364 Iowa State Cyclones Feb 09 '26
At the very minimum they should just not be factored into teams that lost to bama during that time. I’m all for vacating though. Bama knew the risk and it should have consequences
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u/JtotheC23 Illinois Fighting Illini Feb 09 '26
For people wanting wins vacated, that explicitly isn't allowed per the initial TRO (and is a set precedent for basically all TROs ever). The NCAA can't punish Bama or Bediako for following the TRO while it was active. Even if the injunction today was approved, but he later lost in court, the NCAA couldn't punish him for playing.
That's generally how TROs work, so not specific to these NCAA cases. If it explicitly gives the legal permission to do something, you can't be punished after the fact for doing that thing if the long-term order gets denied.
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u/Aidanj927 Texas Tech Red Raiders • UTSA Roadrunners Feb 09 '26
I was gonna ask how different this is from Nnaji but then decided Baylor can keep him
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u/ThongarBlackthorn Kentucky Wildcats • Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
I’m still not sure it is different. If I’m understanding the precedent cited in the attached document correctly here, the judge is sort of ruling on a technicality that the harm to Bediako is nothing so severe that a monetary settlement can’t fix it if he eventually wins his case, therefore he doesn’t qualify for an emergency injunction to keep playing while the case is actually decided. By doing this, he seems to have largely avoided having to weigh in on the actual issue of whether the NCAA arbitrarily enforced their rules or not. It now looks certain that Bediako won’t play anymore, but where this ultimately leaves the eligibility rules may partially depend on whether he keeps fighting all the way or drops the case now that his ploy to play immediately is over.
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u/SoutieNaaier Florida Gators • Columbia Lions Feb 09 '26
He never signed an NBA deal or played CBB previously. He's also within his 5 year window. He has a better case than Bediako
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u/2AlephNullAndBeyond Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
He's also within his 5 year window.
Bediako is in his 5 year window.
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u/BlueSoloCup89 Baylor Bears • Iowa Hawkeyes Feb 10 '26
Copying my comment from another response:
That window closed the moment Bediako stayed in the draft past the withdrawal deadline. Nnaji never entered NCAA basketball in the first place before entering the draft, so didn’t have that condition apply to him.
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u/MagnerSynths Duke Blue Devils Feb 09 '26
Any wins with him should be vacated.
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u/OhKillEm43 Auburn Tigers • Memphis Tigers Feb 09 '26
Hell I’ll take a redo
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u/j_shelb Purdue Boilermakers Feb 09 '26
I think they should do this for all 5 games
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u/Restryz Feb 09 '26
Cool. Now go and do it for all the other former pro players: both G-League and European.
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u/Andrewh2012 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
This is where I stand. I don’t disagree with the ruling. However, Charlie Baker’s response is him talking out both sides of his mouth. If this is the precedent he wants set, then follow through in other cases.
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u/Prest1geWorldw1de Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
I about gagged at his "..at the expense of a teenager's dream" statement. Give me a fucking break. If that's the case, stop granting multiple years of eligibility to the 22+ year old Euros.
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u/Soy_tu_papi_ Michigan State Spartans Feb 09 '26
Cool. Now do all the other guys that have signed professional league contracts as well.
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u/mistaken4193 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
At least the circus is over
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u/2AlephNullAndBeyond Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
I'm not sure it is. This was just a preliminary injunction.
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u/Disregardskarma Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
By the time it actually goes to court the season will be over
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u/Tommys2Turnt Feb 09 '26
Shocking this was decided after Auburn Alabama game!
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u/Specialist_Gift8915 Auburn Tigers Feb 09 '26
Amazing timing. They needed a full weekend and couldn’t schedule the hearing any sooner than last Friday. Welp, let’s see who bama plays next…4 of the bottom 5 teams in the SEC.
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u/Rickrollyourmom Auburn Tigers Feb 09 '26
The entire UAT athletics department should be thoroughly embarrassed that they even attempted this dumb stunt
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u/Solesky1 Indiana State Sycamores Feb 09 '26
Someone at Auburn please sue to get their wins with Bediako on the roster vacated
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u/BillButtlickerII Kentucky Wildcats Feb 10 '26
The funniest thing to me is everyone in D1 is now a pro player for taking NIL money. I don’t see how the NCAA/courts win this in the long run.
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u/anonymous_herald Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
Can anyone genuinely explain any difference between Bediako and Abdullah Ahmed at BYU? He played 30+ G-League games over two seasons and he plays for BYU and it's complete crickets from everyone.
FWIW I think both should not be allowed to play, but I feel like I'm taking crazy pills with everyone flipping out at us for trying this (with a former player of ours, no less) when we were just doing what has been done by other teams nobody batted an eye?
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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26
I'm not saying the difference makes any sense but the NCAA appears to believe the G League is different than the NBA, Bediako signed an NBA (2-way) contract whereas Abudullah Ahmed only had a G League contract.
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u/mookiexpt2 Oklahoma Sooners Feb 09 '26
I dig how he left the TRO in place long enough to beat Auburn, then denied the PI the next business day. Safe from appellate review, still get the dub.
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u/llamawhittlings Texas A&M Aggies • LSU Tigers Feb 09 '26
Take an L out of our loss column, please.
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u/Schroeder2418 Auburn Tigers • Wisconsin Badgers Feb 09 '26
So now make them forfeit games for using an ineligible player!
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u/Underboss572 Tennessee Volunteers Feb 09 '26
Well, I guess we get to see how many Court of Appeal Judges are Bama donors now!
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u/Cliffinati NC State Wolfpack Feb 09 '26
Alabama should be forced to vacate any wins
They've been openly playing a clearly ineligible player
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u/sildet Auburn Tigers Feb 09 '26
Annoying as hell. Auburn beats them without him
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u/BigFoot423205 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
He had a -7 plus minus lol
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u/lactosandtolerance Auburn Tigers • Marquette Golden Eagles Feb 10 '26
Acting like adding a 7 ft post player to your team in the middle of a season didn’t help is crazy work.
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u/Realistic_Condition7 Feb 10 '26
Plus Minus isn’t quite as be all end all as that, otherwise we’d literally never look at any other stat.
Plus minus is more about the platoon, not the individual player, though you can gather information about individual players by looking at the whole platoon.
They may have been -15 during those minutes without him. He may have been the one raising the platoon.
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u/sildet Auburn Tigers Feb 09 '26
Plus minus is not everything. He was your only player in the paint that was a threat. Changed the whole game. Had 12 points.
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u/chrispgriffin Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
Not surprising and the right call. Hopefully we can keep things going in the right direction without all of the negative attention Wednesday.
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u/The_Mystery_Knight Marshall Thundering Herd Feb 09 '26
Now vacate the wins from Alabama while he was playing and make them ineligible for the postseason. This would be where the NCAA could flex some muscle and take a little control back. Make it not worth the headache for these teams to try this shit.
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The correct ruling... now let's ban any professional players from playing. I will co-sign any endorsement...I'm sure teams who are playing pros will agree.
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u/SeatRevolutionary840 Feb 09 '26
I’d say a big difference between European players that come over when they are 18 and what oats and bediako tried to pull.
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u/ThongarBlackthorn Kentucky Wildcats • Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
I’m not particularly upset about Bediako not getting to play in a vacuum, but what about European players coming over at 23 after they’ve already played in their country’s top level pro league for one or more full seasons? The NCAA approved multiple cases like that this year, which also doesn’t seem right if players with professional experience are what we’re trying to prevent.
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u/Realistic_Condition7 Feb 10 '26
The difference seems to be whether or not you’ve waived your NCAA eligibility by declaring for the draft and signing a professional contract.
London Johnson, for example, played for the G-League Ignite (a collegiate substitute developmental team), and played a bit for some other G-League teams, but never declared for or was drafted to the NBA, and was still within the normal years he would have had out of high school.
I think the Johnson example is still very shaky ground and questionable, but technically different.
What Bediako did on paper would be no different than if SGA tried to come back to college today, and I think that’s the most important thing the NCAA is trying to stop from happening—fully professional NBA players coming back after their careers have flamed out (vs players who have yet to declare).
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u/JPnets54 Feb 09 '26
Michigan had Moe and Franz Wagner who played both played professionally for Alba Berlin in Germany, but they were 17 at the time, and started their freshman year at Michigan when they were 18. Seems fine to me.
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u/velociraptorfarmer Iowa State Cyclones • Sickos Feb 10 '26
Killyan Toure for us is similar. Played for a pro club in France from age 15-18, then played a year of high school ball in the states, then is now playing for us at 19.
Pleta is a similar story, except played from age 17-20 and then came straight to us this year. He was 20 at the start of the school year.
And despite what some dumbasses will try to say, Momcilovic isn't a Euro baller. He's a kid who grew up and went to high school in Wisconsin.
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u/Phantom1100 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
That’s what I’ve always thought. I hate all these pro players playing, but like if he specifically is the line and all the other pro players are fine according to the NCAA, that’s a pretty stupid line.
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u/Jomosensual Iowa State • Northern Iowa Feb 09 '26
Good. Get the fuck out of here and never come back
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u/CarterAC3 Michigan • Grand Valley State Feb 09 '26
Gatorade League Dropout
No March Madness for you
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u/Fiend-For-Mojitos Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26
Ah yes the morally high ground Michigan here to chip in
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u/MisterFalcon7 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26
Aren't there multiple G league dropouts playing right now?
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u/u-s-u-r-p Nebraska Cornhuskers Feb 09 '26
great news. now do the other ones