Pitt's Cook denied sixth season

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08.20.08 Fast Breaks
Published 8/20/2008 by rtmsf at Rush the Court
... The NCAA denied Pitt forward Mike Cook’s request for an extra year of eligibility.  He played in eleven games last season before suffering a knee injury, and according to the NCAA rules, a player is only eligible for a redshirt season if he played in less than 30% of his team’s games.  Pittsburgh played 37 games last year - Cook played in 11.  That’s 29.7%, so what’s the problem?  The problem is that the NCAA qualifies ALL postseason games as ONE game, which means, by their fuzziest of math, Cook played in 11 of 32 games, or 34.3%.  ...

Pitt's Mike Cook denied sixth year
Published 8/20/2008 by Mike Rutherford at Card Chronicle
Pitt's Mike Cook denied sixth year According to NCAA rules, a player is not eligible for a medical redshirt if he plays in 30 percent or more of his team's games. Cook played in 11 of 37 games, which seemingly would qualify him at 29.7 percent. However, the ...

Full-Court Press, August 18-22
Published 8/22/2008 by Jeff (noreply@blogger.com) at March Madness All Season
... Cook Denied Sixth Year: Former Pittsburgh wing Mike Cook has been denied a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA. He had requested a medical redshirt after tearing his ACL on Dec. 20, but was turned down two times previously by the NCAA. A player cannot receive a medical redshirt if he played in more than 30 percent of his team's games. Pittsburgh played in 37 games -- but NCAA Tournament games don't count, while just one conference tournament games counts. Cook played in only 11 games, but the Panthers played in just 32 games in ...