ESPN notifications are great when they’re notifying you of, let’s just say, a 77-74 win against North Carolina. It’s all fun and games until “Villanova five-star freshman deemed ineligible for 2016-17 season” pops up on the screen. Needless to say, Villanova basketball fans did not start their weekends off right, including former Wildcat guard and current Washington Wizards rookie Daniel Ochefu who, like many, was notified of freshman Omari Spellman’s academic ineligibility via ESPN notification.
“I think it’s absurd that they aren’t letting him play because he took too many years to finish high school,” Ochefu, who also has experience attending a different high school for a short period of time, said.