THEY SAY THE GOOD GUYS FINISH LAST. MURPHY HOLLOWAY DIDN'T TRANSFER FROM OLE MISS TO
SOUTH CAROLINA AND BACK AGAIN FOR SELFISH REASONS, AND FOR ONCE, EVERYTHING WORKED
OUT FOR THE OLE MISS SENIOR FORWARD. THE REBELS ARE REAPING THE BENEFITS.
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DANIEL MARKS
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T R ANS F ER R IN G IS CO M M O NPL ACE in college basketball.
Some might even call it an epidemic. NCAA transfers must
sit out a year unless they are granted a waiver to play
immediately. These are supposed to be granted in situations where a player must play closer to home because of
family or other mitigating circumstances. However, now
essentially any player looking to transfer can fle a petition for a waiver and
have a chance to get cleared immediately.
This past offseason, Central Michigan guard Trey Zeigler left the school
and transferred to Pittsburgh after his dad was fred as head coach. He was
granted immediate eligibility. Maryland's Dez Wells was kicked out of Xavier
for being involved in a suspected rape, and was cleared to play this year for
the Terrapins. Rice's Arsalan Kazemi left school in September and transferred to Oregon, where he was cleared less than two months later. The
waiver rule is not applied with consistency. However, one shining example
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