Jeremy Hazell ???

[vcboy2000]

you are correct. my bad

[ORU Eli]

ESPN article on cleaning up college basketball. Includes the following excerpt:

"An NCAA list of high schools and prep schools that are under scrutiny for suspiciously miraculous academic transformations includes some of the biggest names in basketball -- most notably Oak Hill Academy (Va.), Laurinburg (N.C.) Institute, Mt. Zion Academy (N.C.), Notre Dame Prep (Mass.), St. Thomas More Prep (Conn.) and The Patterson School (N.C.). With those schools' NCAA certification status up in the air, a number of high-profile players could be affected."

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=2512797&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos1

[ORUTerry]

THE NCAA LIST

The 16 schools that are not cleared for initial eligibility determination:

Access (Santa Ana, Calif.)

American Academy (Miami)

Cape Eleuthera Island School (Lawrenceville, N.J.)

Christopher Robin Academy (Springfield Gardens, N.Y.)

Hanna Boys Center (Sonoma, Calif.)

Horizon High School (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Joplin High School (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Kendall Park Learning Center (Kendall Park, N.J.)

Los Pinos (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Lyon High School (Santa Ana, Calif.)

New Horizon Christian Academy (Conover, N.C.)

North Atlanta Prep (Covington, Ga.)

Otto A. Fischer High (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Rio Contiguo High (Santa Ana, Calif.)

Riverview Learning Center (Chesapeake, Va.)

Word of God Christian Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)

The 22 schools that were cleared only for prospects entering college in the fall of 2006, and are subject to review:

Alif Muhammad?s (Newark)

Bonner Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)

Bridgton Academy (North Bridgton, Maine.)

Central Christian Academy (Winter Park, Fla.)

Crossgate Christian Academy (Hot Springs, Ark.)

Cypress Community Christian School (Houston)

Florida Prep School (Port Charlotte, Fla.)

Fork Union Military School (Fork Union, Va.)

Genesis One (Mendenhall, Miss.)

Laurinburg Institute (Laurinburg, N.C.)

Lutheran Christian Academy (Philadelphia)

Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, N.C.)

North Texas Academy (Plano, Texas.)

Notre Dame Prep (Fitchburg, Mass.)

Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.)

Patterson School (Lenoir, N.C.)

Pearblossom Private School (Pearblossom, Calif.)

Prince Avenue Preparatory Academy (Pickens, S.C.)

Puerto Rico Baseball Academy (Caguas, P.R.)

St. Thomas More School (Oakdale, Conn.)

Stevens Prep Academy (Raleigh, N.C.)

Westlake Prep School (Davie, Fla.)

[ORUTerry]

Can't say that I am surprised that Jeremy Hazell has made a commitment to sign with Seton Hall:

http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/SPORTS02/608240379/1012/SPORTS10

excerpt:

He originally had committed to Oral Roberts but decided to attend prep school this year instead.

This whole thing smells - he basically reneged on his signed commitment to play a 2nd year or prep ball - and did not lose a year of eligibility.

Interesting that we play Seton Hall this year....

[tmh8286]

Considering how closely the NCAA manages and monitors every other aspect of recruiting and just about everything else pertaining to players, it's kind of amazing that that this situation hasn't been dealt with. 

Perhaps ORU will point out the inequity here and see if something can be done to prevent this in the future, or at least create a significant penalty to a player who reneges on a LOI.

[MadAdder]

Good points, TMH. Personally I think the best way to deal w/ this, as a team, would be to beat them by  30+ to let me know what he's missing out on.

[tmh8286]

I also meant to repeat, and forgot to, what others have said, and that is that if his heart is elsewhere, we really don't want him at ORU anyway.  He could have potentially done more harm than good if he had showed up but had a bad attitude about being here.

[vcboy2000]

His impressions of ORU were great. He wanted to be here until he heard from someone that he could get to a high major program if he stayed back a year. The NCAA allready sees how these prep programs are being used as loop holes for players. Complaining about our situation will only sound like sour grapes. All of these prep coaches know that it is only a matter of time before the mighty NCAA hammer comes down on them. Hazell will probably be one of the last of these situations that we will see.