Oriakhi Free To Play Immediately… Somewhere

April 6th, 2012 10:50 AM║ Posted By: John Pennington ║ Permalink ║ Schools: Kentucky
Tags: AAU, Alex Oriakhi, nerlens noel, Phil Pressey

Yesterday the NCAA nixed UConn’s appeal of a 2012-13 postseason ban and that opens the door for transferring forward/center Alex Oriakhi to play somewhere immediately. If that somewhere is in the SEC, he’ll also have to get a waiver from the league because he has just one year of eligibility remaining… but that looks to be a forgone conclusion.

The folks in Missouri — one of Oriakhi’s final four choices — believe he “could flourish” playing alongside point guard Phil Pressey who was his teammate in AAU ball back in Massachusetts.

But Oriakhi told CBSSports.com that he’s already spoken to top high school prospect Nerlens Noel about teaming up at Kentucky, another of his final four choices (along with Duke and North Carolina). It was reported that the big man was scheduled to meet with John Calipari yesterday.

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