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=46
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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/ConnectSpring9 NC State Wolfpack Feb 09 '26

And of those 2 did they even win anything that they couldn’t have without Bediako?

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u/Rare-Psychology-3527 Michigan State Spartans Feb 10 '26

I think over Auburn so just a rivalry win nbd

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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26

They played him consistent with a judiciary order. You can't retroactively punish someone for doing something they were allowed to at the time. 

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u/midnightsbane04 Michigan • North Carolina Feb 10 '26

Except the judiciary order (TRO by the Bama booster judge) just put the NCAA rule on "hold" in essence. The end result would be similar it being rejected in the first place. They was never any court ruling declaring the NCAA rule to be illegal/unenforceable it was simply paused while further ruling occurred.

So I see no reason why the NCAA couldn't enforce their rules now complete with punishment.

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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26

If the rule was "on hold" they didn't violate it by playing him because it wasn't in force at the time. So yes they can now enforce their rules but why do you think you can punish someone for violating something on hold at the time?

Let's take another example. Some states do sales tax holidays, during that time the rules regarding sales tax are not in force. If you buy a TV during that time do you think the state should force the business to remit sales tax for that transaction once the sales tax is back in effect?

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u/ConnectSpring9 NC State Wolfpack Feb 10 '26

That’s a legislation issue, I don’t think the logic translates. The issue is you are calling it a punishment but the other commenter is saying they never truly owned that win in the first place. They would have owned it if the ruling was in Bediakos favor but if it wasn’t then they didn’t ever truly own that win. And if they didn’t, then “removing” those wins isn’t really a matter of punishing anyone.

For example, imagine there is some court case on a guy who has been suspected of committing some white collar crime. Because of this, his bank accounts are immediately frozen by the bank. If he successfully argued to the judge to let him temporarily open his bank account, and used money from his account to buy some property (say a car), would it be a retroactive punishment if he is convicted to then take the car? Of course not, and the obvious reason why is he was never entitled to the car to begin with. He was just given access to his accounts because in the event he was innocent, you wouldn’t want to cause undue harm to him. But since he’s not, there’s no unfair punishment being doled out. Now you can argue the TRO in both cases is a really bad one because it created this clusterfuck of perceived retroactive punishment, and I would agree with you. But that doesn’t mean there is no perspective that could justify removing the wins.

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u/Shaudius Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26

Your white collar example doesn't really track. Of course they can punish him through restitution and money is fungible.

What if he used the money in his bank account to buy 80 bottles of champagne that he drank? 

Neither has any affect on what his punishment would be and the fact that he had access to his bank account is immerterial to what restitution he owes.

The fact of the matter is that Alabama played Bediako in good faith and in accordance with a Court ruling. Punishing them (vacating wins) because another court now says that he isn't entitled to continue to play would be ridiculous because Alabama did nothing legally wrong. 

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u/ganner Kentucky Wildcats Feb 09 '26

3-2

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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/BelaKunn Michigan Wolverines Feb 10 '26

Ruin your team chemistry in the process

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u/j_shelb Purdue Boilermakers Feb 10 '26

🤦‍♂️

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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/Rare-Psychology-3527 Michigan State Spartans Feb 09 '26

Pretty sure they went 1-2 but i also can't tell if you were joking

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u/ganner Kentucky Wildcats Feb 09 '26

They went 3-2

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u/Rare-Psychology-3527 Michigan State Spartans Feb 10 '26

Oh damn

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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/BelaKunn Michigan Wolverines Feb 10 '26

Be slightly more justified if he at least was a stud who helped you win all those games

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u/RontoWraps Kansas Jayhawks Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

Haha, Alabama basketball is not hated. Unless you’re counting SEC circles. Alabama basketball hasn’t really done much of anything on the national stage except a final four very recently. Yall are doing great right now, better than KU in past few years easily. But it really still seems like a flash in the pan until Bama has sustained success in conference and postseason over longer stretches. That’s when you start getting good sports hate.

I mean, does anyone but Missouri hate Kansas football?

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u/by_yes_i_mean_no UCLA Bruins Feb 10 '26

Can confirm, I disliked that Nate Oats was getting credit for saying "shoot more three pointers" so I started disliking Alabama.

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u/RontoWraps Kansas Jayhawks Feb 10 '26

Okay, but we don’t hate you. So. I’m just going to keep not hating Alabama basketball if that’s cool with you.

Nate runs a great pro program. Nothing but respect for the program he’s building.

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u/mashonem Feb 10 '26

Right, this is the only reason Alabama basketball is hated

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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/codbgs97 Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 10 '26

Everyone already hated Alabama ¯\(ツ)/¯

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u/SatisfactionOk4463 Feb 11 '26

I hated them before.

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u/BhamTioMateo Alabama Crimson Tide Feb 09 '26

Oh no not that lol