The NCAA ruled Kentucky freshman center Enes Kanter permanently ineligible to play for the Wildcats, though the school will appeal the decision.
The NCAA student-athlete reinstatement staff decided the 6-foot-11 Kanter received benefits above his actual and necessary expenses while playing for a club basketball team in Turkey. The NCAA defines actual and necessary expenses as those directly necessary for practice and competition on a team. ESPN
I don't blame Kentucky for this and believe this mistake could be made by any team. However, the fact that this happened to John Calipari and Kentucky will only be more ammunition for when they go down hard, because, you know... they eventually will. But this will really hurt Kentucky's now guard friendly offense. Kentucky has options at center with senior Josh Harrelson, junior college transfer Eloy Vargas and freshman forward Terrence Jones. But they will be small and when they play a tall team they will run into trouble.
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