Bama Basketball Breakdown: Ole Miss – And a Rant About Hypocrisy

Unless you’ve been living under a rock or are someone who waits until after the Super Bowl to start paying attention to basketball of any kind, you are likely aware now that Charles Bediako had his injunction denied in the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court on Monday – ending his season and career at Alabama. Look, I don’t think Chuck should be playing college ball anymore. But I don’t think any of these other former G-Leaguers or European pros should be either. It’s insane that Bediako is being blackballed while people like Virginia’s Thijs De Ridder – a 23 year old who spent the past two seasons playing in Spain’s top pro league – or James Nnaji – who was drafted in the first round of the 2023 NBA Draft and spent the past two seasons playing in the G-League – are out here playing college basketball with zero pushback.

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Critics keep harping on the fact that Bediako already played college basketball and left of his own volition. To me, that’s a distinction without a difference. If anything, we should be less upset about a guy coming back to the school he originally committed to, signed with, and played two years with. As Nate Oats has said numerous times, Chuck is one of “our guys”. We’ve got teams full of mercenaries and former European pros, but no, it’s Charles Bediako who is destroying the institution of college sports. Right.

And now we’ve got coaches whining about “making things right”:

Bucky McMillan, the guy who went to court to argue on behalf of Rashaun Agee – his most impactful player this season – who the NCAA also originally ruled ineligible and is only playing because he received an injunction from a local court. Suddenly, he feels that he and his team are owed something for having played Alabama last week. Give me a freaking break.

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It’s the hypocrisy of it all that is driving me crazy. And I think I speak for most of our fan base when I say that. Bruce Pearl – the leading expert on integrity in…

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Publish date : 2026-02-11 16:56:00

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