Marshall’s C.J. Burks controls the ball against the Eastern Illinois Panthers in the first half of a December 2015 game at the Henderson Center. Burks has been declared academically ineligible for the fall 2016 semester.
The Marshall men’s basketball team will be without one of last season’s best bench players for the fall semester. The university announced Tuesday that redshirt sophomore guard C.J. Burks has been declared academically ineligible for the fall semester.
Burks remains on scholarship and can practice with the team. His academic status will be re-evaluated at semester’s end, Dec. 17.
Burks played in all 33 games last season, starting four.