Kentucky Basketball guard Denzel Aberdeen has discovered his subsequent residence, committing to the Florida Gators on Friday, in accordance to Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports. Aberdeen returns to the varsity he spent his first three seasons at earlier than suiting up for the Wildcats this previous season.
Aberdeen, who has performed 4 full seasons of school basketball, is making use of for a fifth season of eligibility. He made the announcement on the primary evening the switch portal opened.
While it seems like an extended shot that Aberdeen will get another season, Florida is clearly keen to take that likelihood, and it is smart that’s the varsity that provides him the perfect likelihood to get that fifth season.
The doubtless argument for Florida can be that Aberdeen solely appeared in 12 video games as a real freshman in Gainesville and barely performed. They’ll doubtless declare there was some form of hardship that Aberdeen confronted as to why that season shouldn’t depend towards his eligibility clock.
But if that doesn’t work, the NCAA is contemplating permitting all gamers to play 5 full seasons inside a five-year window. However, that will not go into impact till subsequent season, so it’s removed from a assure that Aberdeen can be taking part in faculty basketball once more this fall.
Best of luck to Aberdeen, no matter the place he’s taking part in basketball subsequent season!
