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Hog heaven thrills Ervin

Brooklyn-born point guard Gary Ervin has had a fresh start since accepting a scholarship and transferring to Arkansas from Mississippi State. Moments after working out at the Razorbacks' Walton Arena yesterday he exclaimed, "I am so glad to be here."
Ervin, out of Robeson High, spent two seasons with the Bulldogs. As a sophomore, he averaged 7.4 points and 4.7 assists in 29.2 minutes and helped them reach the NCAA Tournament's Round of 32. He will sit out next season - as per NCAA transfer rules - and likely become the starting point guard during 2006-07 as a junior. Both the Razorbacks' starting and backup point guards are seniors.

"Playing at Arkansas will get me to the next level," Ervin told the News. "I got off to a slow start, but the best is yet to come. I think I need this year to get back my confidence shooting."

The in-conference transfer of SEC teams was difficult, since both schools must consent. Ervin admitted to an acrimonious divorce from coach Rick Stansbury, who told ESPN.com that he would never give Ervin a release from the scholarship. Ervin said he was able to get the release by taking his request to the school's NCAA compliance officer.

"I had to find other ways to get this done (because) Arkansas is too good an opportunity to turn down," Ervin said.


Roger Rubin


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This article appeared in a NY newspaper. Interesting quote:


The in-conference transfer of SEC teams was difficult, since both schools must consent. Ervin admitted to an acrimonious divorce from coach Rick Stansbury, who told ESPN.com that he would never give Ervin a release from the scholarship. Ervin said he was able to get the release by taking his request to the school's NCAA compliance officer.




Hhhmmmmmmmmmmmmm? Wonder what the NCAA compliance officer had to do with this sitiation.

Stans didn't release him. He can transfer to an in-conference team without be released, just can't be put on scholarship for 2 yrs. This isn't the first NY article about Ervin that's screwed up from start to finish.

Nope, the guist of this article is that he WILL be put on scholarship after just the one year ---not 2 . He went around Stans to the NCAA compliance officer. I'm just the messenger with respect to the allegation ----not the alligator.

Someone's story ain't adding up.

Brett cannot give him a release, only Stans can do that.

http://www.mstateathletics.com/index.ph ... le_id=6073

That's what Brett's job consists of......don't see anywhere in there about giving releases to attend another sec school.

"don't see anywhere in there about giving releases to attend another sec school"

Yep Sherlock, that would be the point. Read between the lines. By IMPLICATION , extrapolation, and interpretation, this could be sanctification of a sitiation resulting from too much intoxication and gratification for the MSU nation, to prevent future interrogation and investigation that could cause much consternation and indignation.

Dang!!! Lot of ATIONS

That lawyer talk.

I think what he's trying to say is that Brett said "stans, give him the release or we're gonna have the NCAA on us tighter than a convict to a 16 year old virgin at a prison rodeo!"

Yeah, and y'all go ahead and get Powe eligible and the NCAA will be all over UM like Mike Tyson at a beauty pageant.

ark coach stan heath was quoted as saying that earvin will give us the outside shooting presence that we've been lacking..

huh?? is coach heath smokin crack again... hell half the people on this board can shoot the trey as good as earvn can..

I cant wait in 2 years when that little punk comes back to the hump.