Excerpts from AP article from today, Jan 18th. Bolding is mine!
"Miami Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga said junior forward Dewan Hernandez deserves to be declared eligible by the NCAA because he unwittingly became entangled in a college basketball corruption case when he was duped by an AAU coach.
"He got duped by his AAU coach," Larranaga said.
The coach, Jordan Fair, was also an assistant at Louisville before being fired after the scandal broke in 2017.
"Jordan Fair is the one who created this problem," Larranaga said. "A competitor of ours was talking to one of our players. From what I understand that's inappropriate -- talking to players who played for another college."
Larranaga said Hernandez remains on schedule to graduate with his class. He has continued to practice with both the scout team and starters, sits on the bench at home games and made his own way to Tallahassee for the Hurricanes' game at Florida State.
"Miami Hurricanes coach Jim Larranaga said junior forward Dewan Hernandez deserves to be declared eligible by the NCAA because he unwittingly became entangled in a college basketball corruption case when he was duped by an AAU coach.
"He got duped by his AAU coach," Larranaga said.
The coach, Jordan Fair, was also an assistant at Louisville before being fired after the scandal broke in 2017.
"Jordan Fair is the one who created this problem," Larranaga said. "A competitor of ours was talking to one of our players. From what I understand that's inappropriate -- talking to players who played for another college."
Larranaga said Hernandez remains on schedule to graduate with his class. He has continued to practice with both the scout team and starters, sits on the bench at home games and made his own way to Tallahassee for the Hurricanes' game at Florida State.