We’ll find out later today as to whether McKenzie Mathews went to practice today. There are a lot of indications that he will.
Thanks to Matt of Orange 44 for the additional info on McKenzie Mathews.Webb of the Syracuse Post-Standard has some more. Mathews got in touch with his HS coach, who was contacted by Webb.
Casamento said Mathews plans to be at practice today with the Panthers after having lunch with Pittsburgh assistant coach David Walker. Casamento said Mathews has not been home to Syracuse and has remained in Pittsburgh, though he added Mathews may “come home and talk to his mom and me. That’s all I’m going to say. That’s all I know.”
He said Mathews’s absence does not necessarily mean he has contemplated a transfer and that being homesick is part of the college experience for many college freshmen.
“I said are you OK? He said ‘yeah.’ I told him I loved him just know you can call me any time. He said ‘thank you’ and said he’d call me after practice,” Casamento said.
I was told by someone close to the situation that a representative of Mathews had approached another Big East school about transferring. I sent off a query to the Big East seeking further explanation of the league’s no-transfer rule and whether it contained loopholes (such as attending junior college before transferring). A league official said a response would be available on Tuesday.
The Big East transfer rule isn’t clearly known, even by the beat writers and league office. Who do they think they are with these unclear vague rules? The NCAA.
