FAYETTEVILLE — A request to the NCAA for immediate eligibility by former Arkansas and now-Tulsa guard Keyshawn Embery-Simpson has been denied, Golden Hurricane coach Frank Haith said Thursday.
Haith said an appeal was also denied. Without the waiver, Embery-Simpson must redshirt the upcoming season at Tulsa.
Embery-Simpson announced he would transfer from Arkansas in March, two days after the Razorbacks fired their former head coach, Mike Anderson. Embery-Simpson was a freshman last season at Arkansas and averaged 4.1 points and 1.2 rebounds in 33 games.
A native of Midwest City, Okla., Embery-Simpson announced he would transfer to Tulsa in early April, four days after he entered the NCAA transfer portal.