On Saturday morning, in advance of their lone exhibition game against Rockhurst University, Marquette announced that sophomore Sacar Anim will be redshirting for the 2016-17 season.
If I understand NCAA eligibility rules correctly, the decision about Anim’s season needed to be made before the exhibition game. I don’t think there’s any problem with him participating in the scrimmage with Dayton, because it’s technically an ungoverned event as far as the NCAA is concerned. However, if he were to participate in a public, advertised, ticketed exhibition game, that would still burn his year of eligibility. Determining this now, and more importantly announcing this now, eliminates any silly discussion down the line later this season about what Anim’s status is when he’s not playing.