I Bleed Blue and White and The Villanovan Sports Blog Reporting Mouph May Be Done For Season

To the Villanova Wildcat faithful-

The outstanding Villanova blog I Bleed Blue and White is reporting that freshman center Mouphtou Yarou may be done for the season...  Yesterday, this is what Chris had to say in "Mouph gone for the year":

It appears that all the smoke surrounding Mouphtaou Yarou has quickly turned into fire. Rumors were abound this morning on campus that the big freshman was out for the year, but many held out hope that it wasn’t true. While we still are waiting an official response from the school, Jeff Goodman of FoxSports has gone on record as saying a source has told him that Yarou is gone for the entire 2009-2010 season due to the viral infection that was first discovered in Puerto Rico...

David Cassilo at The Villanovan Sports Blog, adds in "Mouph out for the season?":

As you know by now rumors are circulating that Mouphtaou Yarou is possibly out for the season.  As of this afternoon, the athletics department had no new information about Yarou.  After Saturday’s game against La Salle, Jay Wright said the team was probably receiving Yarou’s test results on Monday (today).

My two cents:

Assuming that Yarou is in fact out for the season, it isn't clear as to whether he would be permitted to take 2009-10 as a medical redshirt season, thus permitting him four full seasons of eligibility.  My understanding - at least the way it used to be - was that if the injury occurred early in the season, and the player had participated in only a small number of games (I'm not sure of the number), that the NCAA at least considers granting the redshirt year.

In this situation, although Villanova has played six games, Yarou only participated in the two victories over Fairleigh Dickinson and Penn.  He didn't play at all, in the three games of the Puerto Rico Tip-Off Classic, or against La Salle on Saturday, so he would seem to fall clearly into this category...

A preview of the game against the Drexel Dragons, tomorrow night at the Pavilion, will be up later...

Go Wildcats!

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Future Villanova Wildcat Dominic Cheek Slam Dunks in Jordan Brand Classic, According to ESPNRise.com

To the Villanova Wildcats faithful-

VUHoops.com reported on Friday, April 17, that a pair of future Villanova Wildcats - Dominic Cheek and Mouphtaou Yarou - would participate in the Jordan Brand All-Star Game on Saturday.

ESPNRise.com has reported on the results of the game, and Cheek was mentioned in the article by Christopher Lawlor, an expert on high school hoops for two decades:

The Black team was the aggressor for the first 13 minutes, taking a 37-25 lead following a Villanova-bound Dominic Cheek slam dunk off a miss.

However, I don't focus on recruiting on this site. I really don't know very much about recruiting, and so it's not something I consider my strong suit.

Accordingly, as a general rule, I'll try to refer you to sites that do have a particular expertise in that area. For example, for those of you who:

1. are avidly interested in recruiting, and
2. who do want more detail;

SLAM!'s Justin Walsh did an extremely detailed live blog. Unfortunately, from a Villanova perspective, Cheek isn't mentioned at all, although Walsh does note that the other future Wildcat, Yarou, went up for the opening tip:

Mouphtaou Yarou and John Henson tip off for white and black respectively- John wins the tip, passes off to Cousins.

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