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Message: [QUOTE="Whitey23, post: 284274, member: 216"] [URL='http://www.zagsblog.com/2012/05/11/nerlens-noel-says-ncaa-hasnt-contacted-him-and-hes-in-great-position-to-qualify/#more-73257']Nerlens Noel Says NCAA Hasn’t Contacted Him and He’s In ‘Great Position to Qualify’[/URL] [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#424242][SIZE=13px]Speaking for the first time since The New York Times reported earlier this week that the NCAA was looking into his background, Kentucky signee[B]Nerlens Noel[/B] said the NCAA hasn’t contacted him or his mother directly and that he’s in “great position to qualify.”[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#424242][SIZE=13px]“No, the NCAA hasn’t contacted me or my mom directly,” the 6-foot-10 Noel, [URL='http://www.sheridanhoops.com/2012/02/04/zagoria-nerlens-noels-reclassification-will-impact-2013-nba-draft/'][B][COLOR=#111111]the projected No. 1 pick in the 2013 NBA Draft[/COLOR][/B][/URL], said Thursday night by phone.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] -------------- [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#424242][SIZE=13px]“I don’t want to be too specific, but I’m in a good position to qualify,” Noel said in response to the story.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#424242][SIZE=13px]“There’s not really much I have to do to not qualify. I’m mean, in a great position right now, there’s nothing really wrong with the situation.”[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#424242][SIZE=13px]As for the specifics of his academics situation, Noel said: ”This is my fourth year of high school. Because I’m supposed to have four English’s and two of them are the same from when I switched schools, I was put in another sophomore English by Tilton school so I just have to take care of that.”[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#424242][SIZE=13px]Noel said the process of reclassifying was not that big of a hurdle for him.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [FONT=Helvetica][COLOR=#424242][SIZE=13px]“There weren’t any hurdles,” he said. “It was like not even a month period, it was about three weeks. They just had to bring it past certain departments of the school to see if I was eligible for it, and I was. There was a couple of requirements I had to meet, which I’ve already met. And it wasn’t nothing too difficult at all.”[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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