Tennessee Volunteers athletic director Phil Fulmer is not happy after freshman basketball player Uros Plavsic was denied an immediate eligibility waiver by the NCAA.
Plavsic, a redshirt freshman who transferred from Arizona State after a coaching change, will not be allowed to suit up for the Vols this season. That decision angered Fulmer, who called out the NCAA in a strongly-worded statement.
“We are extremely disappointed – quite frankly, stunned.”
Tennessee’s Uros Plavsic will not be eligible to play this year.
Here’s the full statement from Tennessee AD Phillip Fulmer: pic.twitter.com/Ep5ODUtOjK
— Caleb Noe (@wvltCaleb) November 2, 2019
Tennessee could have used the help. Key names like Grant Williams and Admiral Schofield graduated, leaving the Volunteers in something of a rebuilding state. That fact, combined with Plavsic’s importance as a seven-footer, probably has Fulmer even angrier.
