Memphis makes case for leniency, now waits

I;m with bradleys comments. Calipari should NOT be coaching. The Kentucky fans are so stupid they don't even care that this guy is corrupt. Bob Knight said it best.

Bradley.....You sure spend a lot of your time & energy attacking Calipari with misinformation. Would be interesting to know what drives your deep seated hatred for this man. Jealousy? Ignorance? Craving attention? Nothing better to do? It's fine to have an opinion, but you sure do have a lot of them, about Calipari, that are based on lies and falsehoods that you create and perpetuate.

The coach of the team is the captain of the ship. All that has gone down around Calipari is coincidence? I highly doubt it. If you can play, then he'll play you. No matter what kind of background you have. Tyreke Evans is the passenger in a car that took place in a drive by shooting. MOST schools turned theyre backs on him, not Calipari though. He went and hired his strength trainer. Even UK realizes that hes a fishy recruiter. When they hired Gillespie someone inside theyre administration said Calipari wasnt looked into because he had "questionable recruiting ethics." But when UK had a couple of bad years, suddenly those ethics didnt look too bad. Hes not that great of a coach, but everyone wants to play for him because hes a smooth talker who can manipulate the system. Only time will tell.

Bradley: How can anybody say that Calipari knew nothing??? Alot of people forget that D.Roses brother was riding on the team charters!!!!! Was ole cheatin Coach Cal not on the plane??? If hes not smart enough to realize theres a guy ridin on the plane that doesnt wear a Memphis uniform, then that explains why he let Mario Chalmers hit a 3 in the championship game instead of fouling and cutting down the nets. Hes a cheat, always been a cheat and its just a matter of time until hes caught cheating again.
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Ignorance is bliss, right Bradley? Please learn the facts before you spit out dumbness. It was ONE trip that wasn't paid for out of 17 trips! One- that is more of an error than intentionally trying to give improper benefits. Also, the premise of Memphis' argument is not that Derek wasn't wrong, is that you have to be fair in your punishment. According to the NCAA, Kansas should have been punished as well. Have they proven Derek didn't take the test? The answer is no. Did they prove that Kansas used a player they went through high school with fixed grades? No. Did they prove that Corey Magettee was paid by a booster? Yes. What was Duke's punishment? Nothing. Did UNC use alumni NBA players to recruit players? Yes. Was their any punishment? No. Did Kansas run have issues twice after Memphis had something in 1985? Yes. How do you count something that happen n the mid eighties as a repeat sign of institutional control when that standard isn't used with other schools? That is Memphis' legal argument. Even if the Memphis loses their appeal, they will win in civil court.

How can anybody say that Calipari knew nothing??? Alot of people forget that D.Roses brother was riding on the team charters!!!!! Was ole cheatin Coach Cal not on the plane??? If hes not smart enough to realize theres a guy ridin on the plane that doesnt wear a Memphis uniform, then that explains why he let Mario Chalmers hit a 3 in the championship game instead of fouling and cutting down the nets. Hes a cheat, always been a cheat and its just a matter of time until hes caught cheating again.

really any team the ncaa desided to look into would be guilty of something no matter how hard the team tried to stay within the rules .i think a player who signs with a university ought to have to stay there 4 yrs ,if he dont want to do that then he needs to go straight to the nba .any coach can get caught up in this mess ,this deal with memphis is just plain wrong

Memphis is not guilty!! penalize ncaa and clearing house!! lets go tigers!!!

Get Ready Kentucky.Not much longer and it's probation time again for you big blue.Enjoy the high times right now while you have them.

Well, the same old story. Who did what? NCAA ruling against Memphis 4-6 weeks in coming. Coach says "I did not that was happening? GIVE ME A BREAK Moves on to UK signs a BIG CONTRACT freshmen arrives takes ONLY SIX HOURS Second semester does not go to class. We all where he is going NBA for $$$$, Player is rented for ONE YEAR. I think it is time that to have players that can not go to college The NBA creates a development league. The AAU program is taken over by the NCAA with RULES. Shoe companies must take leave and stay where they belong. BUT WE ALL KNOW THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TOO MUCH $$$$$ changing hands Thank for letting my feeling be written

Rose hasn't been found guilty and the NCAA cleared him to play.
Memphis is not guilty of any wrong doing.
The NCAA is wrong and the law suit against them for using players
in college and in the NBA to make money off their names is wrong.
I hope they lose the law suit and have to pay royalties to every player
they have used to make a profit. They need to be put on probation
and for what they have done they might ought to receive the death penalty.

Dont me mad at Kentucky fans they are still having nightmares about Devin Downey putting blonde wigs and high heels on them and making the Cats his little *&^%$ all night long

I am a UK baseball player. The bball team does not drive Tahoes and Escalades. They don't even go anywhere. They walk and hang out at their lodge usually or bum a ride. "I hate UK fans" is probably Billy Packer or Coach K in disguise.

Kentucky is next.

I hate UK fans, how do you know what these kids drive? Do you know them personally? Have you ever been to the UK campus? Get a life man!
As far as this article! How can the NCAA punish a team that they told D. Rose was CLEARED to play? THat would be like telling the St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds, and the Texas Rangers that they had to forfiet all the wins the had when the players on the team took steroids or bet on baseball!

Not a memphis fan by any means, but the way I understand it Rose was cleared to play. The school shouldn't be held accountable for something a player did or didn't do when he was in high school and wasn't even on campus... Also, I don't think Rose has ever been found guilty, they just think his score looks suspicious.

i agree with all that has been said about the ncaa and big $ big name programs...would this happen to duke?no b/c they have done far worse!!it all equals to who makes u the most money..nuff said-tigers will be ok we have a great coach who will recruit and win the right way...let it go.....MEMPHISFAN

I Hate UK Fans......You are Full of S**t, You have no idea what the players at KY drive. All you know is how to lie on here or run your mouth so that you can hear your head rattle. That statement is what went on at UCLA during the John Wooden era and I know because I was there. And if you read Bill Walton's Book he tells the same story. Read the NCAA's report where it says it does not hold the coach responsible for any violations at UMass or Memphis.. You need to know what you are talking about before you start putting bull crap in your comments

Hey Lake James, I know you put your post up a while ago, but heres why the NCAA will take forever on Duke's punishment. First off the NCAA will never come up with a punishment because, Duke is a cash cow for them. Im not trying to side with Duke, because personally I hate the school, but look at the NCAA and USC in football. Reggie Bush clearly lived in a million dollar home, drove nice cars, and had tons of cash; but how many years has gone by, and still no punishment for USC. Now Reggie Bush will be playing for a Super Bowl, and nobody cares because hes long gone from there as well as who else was responsible, Pete Carroll. So both schools have been cosistently good for long periods of time, that they will never be punished.

Calipari = Tarkanian

Calipari fled U Mass when they got into trouble and he did it again when Memphis got into trouble. Tell me what who have happened if Memphis beat Kansas? Sure take the trophy and banner away. The Kansas kids wouldn't have felt quite the same winning that way. Plus every team Memphis beat in the tournament should have played another game. Calipari knew exactly what was going on. He decided to keep quiet and allow the team to play games they shouldn't have. That makes him responsible!!

Why is it that the NCAA can rule so quickly and harshly for some schools but take forever (or choose not to decide) regarding other schools? Why hasn't Duke been stripped of the wins they obtained while Corey Maggette (who had an agent prior to going to Duke) was playing there, thus making him ineligible? Last I heard, the NCAA still had not made a decision.

calipari isnt a cheat the clearing house cleared rose to play. they are the ones who made the mistake and they want memphis to pay for it.

Calipari is the real cheat. You really think he, "didn't know nothin'"
Look at the players that he hired...err.....recruited to UK. You so should see the cars these guys are driving, Escalades, Tahoes, etc.
Most of these guys could barely afford clothes in the hood, now all the sudden they are driving $50,000 vehicles. Yeah that's not fishy.