Yup. It was very confusing. They never really featured on the teams that dominated during his great era, but then suddenly he was like âI must have an unathletic stretch four at all times. I need it.â BVP, Groves, Traudt, Sam, Igor. Like why?
To your point, it worked once with Sam and thatâs probably because heâs an elite elite NBA-level shooter. And still that team wasnât elite and the wheels fell off at the end when Sam and Huff couldnât hit the broad side of a barn in the tournament.
Something about his previous high school courses in Belgium not being sufficient for the NCAA (even though he graduated eventually from a US high school):
Sounds like the same trap that almost caught Mamadi. Gets a lot of kids that come from overseas mid high school. The educational system isnât done the same way in every countryâŚyet the NCAA wants to apply the same rules. Because some of the âhigh schoolâ courses Hodge took in Belgium came earlier, that started his HS window. Thatâs what I get out of it. So he was in HS too long by that reasoning.
All three of my kids are still dealing with this on a credit level since we got back to the US. Grade translation from German, Swiss & UK schools is like reading hieroglyphics to school administrators.
As a USAFA recruiter that specializes in helping students that reside outside the US⌠itâs always a challenge because American reviewers get hung up on rules that donât apply in the US. For example a 4.0 GPA in France is a 2.0⌠German students are only allowed to take 2 AP equivalents each year⌠and they have a super senior year, but only if you want to go to University⌠the UK has the GCSEs after their equivalent sophomore year⌠then you can choose whether to finish HS or not on either an A-level university track or a trade school track⌠so many variationsâŚ
Itâs all very silly. They donât get into any academic eligibility criteria at a particular schools. Like if Big State has a basket weaving major, then thatâs fair game. The NCAA doesnât care. But they do care about the Belgian high school curriculum? Like, huh?
Does Charlie Baker have a bunch of Walloons on his staff? Nope, just plain old loons.
Dumb. Feel bad for the kid (then I remember there are some kids who are voluntarily not playing, and you all try to convince me thatâs good, so what do I know)
Iâm a pro playing poster. People who want to play should be allowed to play (unless they played in the pros before). People who donât want to play should be forced to play. Simple stuff.
The NCAA allows eligibility for kids who both skip a year of high school or repeat a year of high school, but theyâre hung up on a guy who probably speaks 3 or 4 languages because he didnât take an English class in the right year or whatever despite spending 4 years in HS in Belgium and then 2 more in the US?
Dumb. If Villanova thinks he can handle a Villanova courseload without remedial classes or whatever, let them try and if he finds out he canât, then he has to drop out and is no longer eligible and their APR takes a hit.
Thatâs dumb as hell. At least your son actually did the exercise he entered into the spreadsheet. But whatâs the point of rejecting his international credits if they werenât going to monitor whether he actually did any physical activity?
