According to the Raleigh News & Observer, N.C. State
freshman Rodney Purvis can take classes, but he can’t play basketball, not yet,
according to the NCAA.
The NCAA cleared the McDonald’s All-American from Raleigh
Tuesday to go to class, but his eligibility for the upcoming basketball season
remains in question.
Purvis confirmed the NCAA’s decision on his Twitter account.
He will be on scholarship for the academic year, according to N.C. State coach
Mark Gottfried, but there’s still a possibility Purvis will have to sit out the
2012-13 season.
“Starting classes today is most important to me,” Purvis
wrote on his Twitter account on Tuesday. “The basketball will work itself out.”
Tuesday’s news was the first break for Purvis, who had been
in academic limbo since Aug. 4, when the NCAA ruled he could not travel with
N.C. State to Spain.
Purvis’ high school, Upper Room Christian Academy in
Raleigh, is under an “extended review” by the NCAA Eligibility Center.
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