Alabama basketball center Charles Bediako will have his eligibility on the line in NCAA lawsuit hearing the day before the Tide faces Auburn.
Charles Bediako, his eligibility could disappear the day before one of the most important games of the Crimson Tide’s season. Bediako’s court hearing on a temporary injunction in his NCAA eligibility lawsuit is set for Feb.
6, according to court documents obtained by Notably, Alabama plays Auburn on the Plains Feb. 7. The scheduling means that Bediako will be eligibility for Alabama’s Sunday trip to Florida, and Wednesday tilt with Texas A&M at Coleman Coliseum. Bediako is seeking temporary and permanent injunctive relief that would allow him to play the rest of the season for Alabama. The NCAA has said Bediako is not eligible given that he signed a two-way NBA contract after leaving the Crimson Tide for the 2023 NBA Draft. The center has not played in an NBA game, but has spent the past three years in the G League. He sued the NCAA earlier this month in an attempt to return to Alabama, and has played the past two games on a temporary restraining order, issued by judge James Roberts. Roberts is no longer presiding over the case. He recused himself Wednesday, something the NCAA requested after public outcry over the judge’s status as a UA donor. Judge Daniel Pruet is now over the case. He also presides over former Alabama player Darius Miles’ capital murder trial. Crimson Tide head coach Nate Oats has said he expects Bediako to remain eligible following the hearing. “I would think so, based on what’s been presented to me on why he should be eligible,” Oats said after Bediako’s first game back. “ I think he should be eligible, so I would assume a judge would, but I’m not an attorney, judge, I don’t have a legal background.”Kalen DeBoer ‘fired up’ about this Alabama position groupThe NCAA has vehemently argued that Bediako should not be eligible, and decried the decision to grant a temporary restraining order. “These attempts to sidestep NCAA rules and recruit individuals who have finished their time in college or signed NBA contracts are taking away opportunities from high school students,” the statement reads. “A judge ordering the NCAA let a former NBA player take the court against actual college student-athletes is exactly why Congress must step in and empower college sports to enforce our eligibility rules.” Alabama, with Bediako, will face Florida Sunday in Gainesville. The game is scheduled to tip off at noon CT and ABC has the broadcast.Matt Stahl covers University of Alabama sports for AL.com. He joined AL.com in July of 2023. He previously covered University of Missouri athletics for the Columbia Daily Tribune and started his career covering...
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