The Nerlens Noel saga has come to a close as the NCAA has officially cleared him to practice and play.
University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari said during an interview on ESPN on Wednesday morning that star freshman Nerlens Noel “is cleared to practice and cleared to play games.”
Wednesday afternoon, NCAA spokesman Bob Williams confirmed that in an email to USA TODAY Sports. “Nerlens Noel is cleared to practice and compete,” Williams wrote.
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The interesting part of all this is what the hold up was all about.
It was Louisville.
Interestingly, an NCAA source told CBSSports.com on Wednesday that one of the final issues about Noel’s amateur status that needed to be resolved was how he once paid for an unofficial visit to Louisville. In other words, an unofficial visit to Kentucky’s biggest rival played a role in the uncertaintly that has for months surrounded the Wildcats’ best recruit.
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Time to get down to business of winning #9.
