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NC State's Purvis cleared to play

Rodney Purvis (5) brings the ball up court. Upper Room Christian Academy beat Ravenscroft 78 to 61 tonight.

• 08/21: Purvis cleared for class, waiting on playing status
• 08/20: Gottfried eager for Purvis' return to classroom, court
• 08/16: Purvis not in attendance on first day of class
• 08/04: Purvis will stay behind when State goes to Spain
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Sep 17, 2012

The NCAA has cleared freshman guard Rodney Purvis to play basketball at North Carolina State University immediately, NC State athletic director Debbie Yow told WRAL Monday.

“I’m really excited about the decision that the NCAA came to today,” said Purvis. “I appreciate the hard work of everybody involved and I’m looking forward to focusing on school and basketball.”

The committee, comprised of campus administrators from across the nation, reviewed an appeal submitted by NC State on Purvis’ behalf to determine his competition status. The committee had previously determined that Purvis could attend classes with athletics aid and practice with the Wolfpack during the upcoming season.

“I’m really happy for Rodney,” said head coach Mark Gottfried. “It’s been a difficult situation and he’s handled the entire matter with class. Now he can move forward. I’d also like to thank the NCAA for its thoughtful consideration on this decision.”

Purvis' playing eligibility was in question as the NCAA conducted a review of Upper Room Christian Academy in Raleigh to verify that the core credits meet the standards of the NCAA Eligibility Center.

The NCAA Eligibility Center High School Review states, “The initial-eligibility certification of a prospective student-athlete cannot be finalized without complete information from all high schools/programs the prospective student-athlete attended.”

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According to the NCAA, during an “extended evaluation,” high schools need to inform the eligibility center of courses, grading scales and other related information relating to core classes in order to be approved.

Purvis, who took and passed summer classes at NC State, missed almost a week of class to start the fall semester and was also prevented from joining the basketball team on a preseason exhibition tour in Spain. Head coach Mark Gottfried said that not being able to attend the trip was difficult on the freshman, but the academics are the most important thing and he is confident in the NCAA process.

The 6-foot-2 Purvis is one of three highly-touted freshman recruited to the Wolfpack this season along with forward T.J. Warren and guard Tyler Lewis.

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By TruthBKnown Left The Building
Posted Sep 19, 8:29 a.m.

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RE: NC State's Purvis cleared to play

Yes... it really only takes a ninth grade education to get into State. 

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Unfounded.

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What concerns me is how in the world State is able to get such talent in the first place. Top talent going to State in basketball is like top talent going to UNC in football and we know how that turned out for UNC. I just hope Gottfried can keep his recruiting violations under wraps better than Butch did. 

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Sid offered top talent before anyone knew they were top talent. They rewarded him and came to State, also considering Sid's NBA knowledge. Plus, CJ Leslie wanted to stay close to home, and go where his mom wanted him to go from the beginning -- NC State.

Once the talent was here, Gott took them to the Sweet 16.

Now it is no surprise that NEW talent wants to jump on board this train. Success breeds success.

And your conspiracy theory has just been shot down.

Now change your avatar to a pro-Carolina avatar. We all know you're not really a Duke fan. Why pretend otherwise?

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What did it cost the cow collage booster to get him clear to play this year? U know that someone payed up.Why did lots of coaches back away from him when his grades got to them? 

- Posted by bbcoach9596

He had a 3.(something) GPA. But otherwise, that was a nice theory you had for a minute there. 

- Posted by TruthBKnown Left The Building

Let's see RP's GPA is legit, but anyone who commits to UNC immediately has a suspicious GPA... Point is this; he could have a 4.0 and we wouldn't know how hard he had to work to earn it, so simply reporting a GPA doesn't really tell us much. SAT score SHOULD give us a better indication, but even that is flawed when you consider some people don't perform well on standardized tests. I know what you'll say, "so and so from UNC has a bogus GPA becuase we know they gave them unearned grades". I get it. Again, main point is that you are not likely to convince opposing fans by simply stating what an athlete's GPA is or is not. You may as well be screaming at an open dark sky. 

- Posted by heelsforever

I've never said a WORD about any of Carolina player's high school GPA's.

Of course their COLLEGE GPA's are suspect. We already know about the academic fraud at that place.

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Posted Sep 18, 8:50 p.m.

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Yes... it really only takes a ninth grade education to get into State.

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Posted Sep 18, 4:59 p.m.

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Glad he was cleared to play. Should help the team much. No excuses when losing to Tarheels....

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