InsideNU: Lathon admission revoked...
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That’s the word I would use too. I’ve reached out to Jordan and others to see what I can find out.
I’m stunned.
High school seniors are idiots. I have one now. I hope this is an issue that can be fixed. I know there are lots of teams scrambling for players so if he’s eligible he will play somewhere. Good luck Jordan we hardly knew you...
There has to be something more going on here. I don’t even think senior year grades would be in at this point.
Quick google shows Grandview on quarters, so in theory 3/4 of senior grades could be in.
That said, this is very, very weird.
Well this is the worst. And now we absolutely need a transfer point guard to avoid a catastrophe this season.
Why are we surprised? There should be a book/movie made about all the insanely crazy crap that happens to this program. We are so screwed.
Something stinks here. I doubt this is just grades. Must be something more. I hope not. He seems like a good kid. This is the problem of getting one true pg every 4 years
This is the kind of crap (if it's an admissions thing) that's going to make it very hard to keep Coach Collins. What Coach in their right mind would want to deal with this kind of thing on a regular basis?
*IF* it's an admissions thing....it definitely happens at NU more often. haywood talked about a recent recruit we had to pull off of because of it. Carmody certainly had issues with the admissions office as well.
Gotta agree as that was my first thought. Guessing the full story will come out at some point, but if this is indeed admissions/grades related, I thought the same thing about Collins probably being extremely frustrated with what he’s up against compared to everyone else.
If the full story comes out, and it’s something else entirely, that’s a completely different story .
He transferred back to his high school well into the first semester.
Maybe that created an academic mess that couldn't be cleaned up this quickly.
I'll also add that while us sports fans may love the Taj Fitz, the many faculty do not. They have never been on board with revenue sports. Could be that Phillips and Shapiro tried to guide this through and were met with resistance reminiscent of years ago. And they were left with no good options.
But we know nothing.
Maybe that created an academic mess that couldn't be cleaned up this quickly.
I'll also add that while us sports fans may love the Taj Fitz, the many faculty do not. They have never been on board with revenue sports. Could be that Phillips and Shapiro tried to guide this through and were met with resistance reminiscent of years ago. And they were left with no good options.
But we know nothing.
Yeah, it could very well be something entirely different. Either way, my gosh...we suddenly have no true PGs on the roster.
Is it too late to throw a preferred walkon offer out there for next season just to add depth?
Something was always interesting about this kid. Didn’t transfer to IMG and then transfer back home. I wish him well but this sucks as a long time loyal NU hoops fan.
Or 3 or 4? Who knows? Just like every other student accepted to college, one’s acceptance is contingent upon them finishing out the year in a respectable fashion.
Good point. I immediately thought of his back and forth to IMG and wondered if that was somehow a factor.
Can anyone tell me this isn't a first for NU? I've been a STH for 20+ years, and I can't think of anything comparable.
Late May?!?! After a commitment 11 months ago?!?!
Somebody put the kid in a bad position. I don't care how bad he messed up his last semester.
Late May?!?! After a commitment 11 months ago?!?!
Somebody put the kid in a bad position. I don't care how bad he messed up his last semester.
We don’t know if this is grades:
Here’s a tweet from a butler radio host saying that “Can confirm that Jordan Lathon is “not an option” for Butler”
If he is not an option for Butler, then it appears this may not be academic based. Let’s see if he ends up committing to anywhere else...
Here’s a tweet from a butler radio host saying that “Can confirm that Jordan Lathon is “not an option” for Butler”
If he is not an option for Butler, then it appears this may not be academic based. Let’s see if he ends up committing to anywhere else...
It’s so late though that they’d have to take a major dive. I go to NU now and I know people who are students here who went from getting good grades to getting Cs their last semester of high school and NU said nothing (and they are normal students not athletes). You’d have to majorly mess up to get nu admittance pulled his late
