Adam Zagoria covers basketball at all levels. He is the author of two books and an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Sports Illustrated, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide.
PITTSBURGH — Jeronne Maymon is not here with the Tennessee men’s basketball team and won’t play in Saturday’s SEC/Big East Invitational matchup with No. 3 Pitt (11-0).
However, all his grades have been posted and he “should be declared eligible” in time to play against Oakland Dec. 14, a team source said Friday.
“All his professors have done everything,” the source said.
Much has been made of the fact that the 6-foot-7, 258-pound Maymon, a Marquette transfer who had to sit out a year per NCAA rules, was waiting for a bowling grade to be posted in order to become eligible.
“All my grades are in; just need one to get posted on the main (web) site,” Maymon, a sophomore forward and the two-time Wisconsin state player of the year, told the Knoxville News-Sentinel following Wednesday’s practice. “It’s exciting, but I’m also a little nervous about playing in the game.”
The source said all of his grades, including bowling, have since been posted.
The News-Sentinel reported Maymon’s first-semester classload also included two psychology classes, a communications class and a musicology class.
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
PITTSBURGH — Jeronne Maymon is not here with the Tennessee men’s basketball team and won’t play in Saturday’s SEC/Big East Invitational matchup with No. 3 Pitt (11-0).
However, all his grades have been posted and he “should be declared eligible” in time to play against Oakland Dec. 14, a team source said Friday.
“All his professors have done everything,” the source said.
Much has been made of the fact that the 6-foot-7, 258-pound Maymon, a Marquette transfer who had to sit out a year per NCAA rules, was waiting for a bowling grade to be posted in order to become eligible.
“All my grades are in; just need one to get posted on the main (web) site,” Maymon, a sophomore forward and the two-time Wisconsin state player of the year, told the Knoxville News-Sentinel following Wednesday’s practice. “It’s exciting, but I’m also a little nervous about playing in the game.”
The source said all of his grades, including bowling, have since been posted.
The News-Sentinel reported Maymon’s first-semester classload also included two psychology classes, a communications class and a musicology class.
And like ZAGS on Facebook.
