Wayne Blackshear should be in Louisville in two weeks

by Mike Rutherford on Jul 20, 2011 12:47 PM EDT in Basketball

Louisville head coach Rick Pitino caused a bit of a stir last week when he noted on his website that freshmen-to-be Wayne Blackshear and Kevin Ware had not arrived on campus and were finishing up some classwork in their respective home towns. Partly due to a handful of recent instances where players headed to the Derby City ultimately failed to qualify, Cardinal fans subsequently had a mild freakout.

The bulk of the paranoia was directed at the eligibility of Blackshear, an elite high school scorer who figures to come in and compete for a starting position right away. The fact that Pitino recently offered a scholarship to a player (Andrew White) who could have reclassified and been eligible to play during the 2011-2012 season (one U of L is supposed to have zero available scholarships for) did little to calm nerves.

Now, a story in this morning's Chicago Tribune confirms that Blackshear is in summer school in Chicago satisfying a core requirement in order to qualify academically. Fear not, however, as Blackshear's high school coach Nick Irvin says the McDonald's All-American will be on campus shortly.

"He should be there in two weeks," Irvin said. "He has one class to finish, then he should be good to go. He should finish with a 2.8 (GPA). He had a core class he had to finish because he transferred (to Morgan Park) from Curie."

Wayne, anything to add?

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Can't wait.

And I didn't type that with the Bart Scott voice in mind. Don't read it like that. Read it like...Jeremy Irons.

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If you're looking for a prize at the bottom of the box,

there is nothing. Just more cardboard.

by Justin Gingey Smith on Jul 20, 2011 12:52 PM EDT reply actions

I'm one of those people,

freaking out about Blackshear’s arrival. Thanks for the info Mike.

by luvdacards on Jul 20, 2011 12:55 PM EDT reply actions

Jeremy Irons in the critically acclaimed Man in the Iron Mask?

also trying to decipher if the dude that wrote that article is a friend from college – Facebook is not giving me enough info

by Leigh on Jul 20, 2011 12:58 PM EDT reply actions

Jeremy Irons in

Die hard 3 voice..lol

by twistedwedge on Jul 20, 2011 3:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Lion King was my first thought. Forgot about Good Leo vs Bad Leo movie

by Cards78 on Jul 20, 2011 6:16 PM EDT up reply actions

Wayne

I did not forget about you and I don’t think any other UofL faithful did either. Welcome to Louisville.

"To win the game is great. To play the game is greater. But to love the game is greatest of all."

by kentuckybred on Jul 20, 2011 1:15 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

To be fair

We have all been talking about Behanon being a starter right away and how much of a beast he is. Chane was our second Mcdonalds AA and especially since Wayne couldn’t really play in the game it makes sense that our attention has become more focused on our apparently new starting PF.

I like that Wayne has this attitude, now come out an remind us young fella (not that we needed to be reminded, but I see what he is saying)

by I WantReeceBack! on Jul 20, 2011 2:30 PM EDT up reply actions