MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The NCAA has denied a waiver for immediate eligibility for guard Jose Perez at West Virginia, men's basketball coach Bob Huggins announced Friday.
The 6-foot-5 Perez transferred from Manhattan after his coach, Steve Masiello, was fired by the Jaspers on Oct. 25, two weeks before the start of the season. Perez enrolled at West Virginia in November for the spring semester.
Huggins said West Virginia plans to appeal the NCAA's decision. Perez is eligible to start practicing with the Mountaineers on Dec. 17.
"We are disappointed by the news that we received this afternoon from the NCAA," Huggins said.