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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeXtreme, post: 1358151, member: 41"] [I]Chris McCullough's decision to enter the NBA draft means that Syracuse can start the NCAA's reduction of scholarships now. It also means that Syracuse could use Thomas Bryant, a McDonald's All-American out of Rochester, now more than ever. Just two weeks ago, Syracuse had 13 players on its 2015-16 roster, which meant that there was no room to take an additional recruit in the class of 2015; i.e. Bryant. The full roster also meant that Syracuse officials would have to push the NCAA's scholarship reduction penalty back a year. In its report on the Syracuse basketball program, the NCAA docked Jim Boeheim three scholarships a year for four consecutive years. The NCAA limits schools to just 13 basketball scholarships per year. The NCAA penalty will force Syracuse to carry just 10 players on its roster. However, McCullough's departure for the NBA, along with the transfers of [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/03/bj_johnson_has_decided_to_transfer_from_syracuse_basketball.html#incart_social_feature']B.J. Johnson[/URL] and [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/03/syracuse_sophomore_ron_patterson_has_decided_to_transfer.html']Ron Patterson[/URL], means that Syracuse could actually start serving the NCAA's scholarship reduction penalty this year. That is, if Syracuse doesn't get a commitment from Bryant in the next week or so. While the recent rash of defections from the SU program will hurt the Orange in the short-term, Syracuse will now be able to navigate [URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/03/syracuse_basketball_matthew_moyer_tyus_battle_scholarship_reductions_4_scenarios.html#incart_related_stories']the initial on-set of the NCAA's scholarship penalty[/URL] a little more easily than anticipated.[/I] [B][URL]http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2015/04/how_does_chris_mcculloughs_departure_impact_syracuses_scholarship_situation_for.html[/URL][/B] [/QUOTE]

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