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Dez Wells Playing This Season Unlikely

The Lexington Herald has spoke to former compliance officer John Infante and he thinks that former Xavier standout Dez Wells will not be eligible to play this season.

[QUOTE][COLOR=#444444][FONT=Lucida Grande]Dez Wells is unlikely to play college basketball this season, according to a former compliance officer who has written extensively about NCAA eligibility issues.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#444444][FONT=Lucida Grande]John Infante, who runs the[URL=”http://www.ncaa.org/blog/bylaw-blog/”] NCAA’s Bylaw Blog[/URL], told the Herald-Leader on Thursday that Wells’ case did not meet the typical parameters the NCAA uses to grant immediate eligibility.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#444444][FONT=Lucida Grande]“I don’t think that’s in the cards,” Infante said. “Those waivers need to be a hardship outside of the athlete’s control. And that’s going to be a tough sell since he was expelled from school. That’s probably not going to be successful.”[/FONT][/COLOR]
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Doesn’t sound like Wells will be a factor for this season, but the question is will Calipari still offer him for the 2013 season?

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