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James Wiseman, expected to be a top pick in the N.B.A. draft next June, dropped a lawsuit against the N.C.A.A. on Thursday and will be ineligible to play for the University of Memphis while the N.C.A.A. reviews the school’s appeal of his eligibility.
Wiseman received a temporary injunction last Friday, and Memphis allowed him to play in two games after the N.C.A.A. informed the school that Wiseman was probably ineligible because Memphis Coach Penny Hardaway, in 2017 when he was a high school coach, had provided Wiseman’s family $11,500 in moving expenses so they could relocate from Nashville to play for Hardaway at Memphis East High School.