08/15: Marvin Bagley III commits to Duke, but still hasn't been cleared by the NCAA

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🗓️ 15 August 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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So how big is Marvin Bagley's commitment to Duke? Matt Norlander and Gary Parrish discussed that at the top of this episode. And one thing they both made clear is this: Folks should slow down on the "Bagley will play for Duke this season" tweets. He probably will. But it's remains reliant on the NCAA, in simple terms, accepting his transcript and certifying his amateur status. Then they talked about Bagley's potential impact at Duke. Will he be a great player or merely a great prospect? Are we talking about a First Team All-American? And, finally, we tackled the biggest question, which is this: Is Duke really the favorite to win the 2018 title? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Gary Parris. It's Tuesday, August 15th. Welcome back to the Ion College
0:18.5	basketball podcast. Got Matt Norlander with me in significant news, late Monday night
0:22.5	at the world of college basketball, Marvin Bagley, the best high school prospect in the
0:26.7	whole wide world, verbally committed to Duke and confirmed for the first time what we at
0:31.1	CBS Sports had reported more than a month ago, which is that he will attempt to graduate
0:35.5	early reclassify and play college basketball this season. And he might, I hope he does,
0:40.4	but I saw a whole bunch of tweets late Monday night, even from college basketball riders
0:44.8	who should theoretically know better, that red quote, Marvin Bagley will play at Duke this
0:50.6	season. That's just not an accurate way to put it. Marvin Bagley is planning to play
0:55.8	at Duke this season, but we're still a ways from him being certified for freshman eligibility.
0:59.6	So before we talk, in Norlander, about Marvin Bagley as a player, prospect, and what this
1:05.1	means for Duke and college basketball in general, let's start there. I know you've written
1:09.6	about this multiple times. Can you explain what's next for Marvin Bagley in terms of what
1:14.9	it's going to take for him to actually play college basketball this season? Yes. Okay.
1:20.3	So before we get to all the hullabaloo about Bagley actually being on the floor, we need
1:24.7	to deal with the reality that as of right now, he has not been cleared to play college basketball
1:29.3	in 2017, 2018. There are two elements he must now go through next. The academic issues
1:36.0	and the amateur and some issues. So academically speaking, if you're asking yourself, how could
1:43.1	a player that was supposed to be a senior in high school and should basically be getting
1:46.8	ready to start his senior year just decide, hey, I want to go play for Duke now instead.
1:52.5	I understand that's an obvious and reasonable question to be asking. With Bagley, he's
1:57.6	been to three high schools in three years, one of which is named Hillcrest Prep that he
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