cbssports.com - 6/29/2009
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Former Duke starter Elliot Williams has informed Josh Pastner's staff that he plans to transfer to Memphis , sources close to the program told CBSSports.com on Saturday. Williams' father, Mexwayne Williams, later confirmed the news to CBSSports.com via text message. An official announcement ...
commercialappeal.com - 6/27/2009
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The way Elliot Williams sees it, it's making
the best of a bad situation. The recently released...
Duke guard and former St. George's standout said Saturday he intends to transfer to the University of Memphis in an effort to be closer to his ailing ...
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It's official: Elliot Williams will play basketball for ...
commercialappeal.com - 7/5/2009
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The University of Memphis hired Josh Pastner because
he can recruit. He recruited as a teenage AAU...
coach, he recruited as a hotshot assistant and he's already done some remarkable things in his first 90 days as head coach. The most remarkable, of ...
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Dan Wolken: Tigers pursue class of the class : ...
mrfactoidssportsworld.blogspot.com - 6/29/2009
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Coach K and the Duke Blue Devils have
lost talented sophomore guard Elliot Williams. The young man...
was granted his release from the Duke program Wednesday. Don't panic Blue Devil nation, Coach K isn't losing his touch. Williams has an ailing mother and will be transferring to the University of ...
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Blue Devils Lose Talented Young Guard
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... to move closer to home to attend to his mother’s illness. The only school that made reasonable sense was his hometown University of Memphis, and Gary Parrish reported yesterday that Williams will indeed become a Tiger. If Williams can get the NCAA to approve his hardship waiver so that he can play next season, he should walk right into a starting position at the PG spot for Josh Pastner’s squad. While we’re on the subject of Memphis getting new players, former Kentucky player (well, he never actually played) Matt Pilgrim is ...
Elliot Williams ends up at Memphis, of course
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... The question now is when Williams will play. He's seeking a hardship
waiver to the NCAA's usual transfer eligibility rule, which typically
forces players to wait a year after they transfer before they can suit
up for their new team. Williams' mother's sickness -- which Williams
has declined to disclose (Gary Parrish's sources say the specific disease is cancer)
would theoretically make that possible. It's within reason that
Williams could be playing for Memphis as soon as this fall. (Come on,
fall. Just happen already. Actually, can't we play basketball all year?
Why the summer ...
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sportspoop.com 6/2/2009 — This will come as a shock to some of you, but an internal investigation by the University of Memphis that former player (*cough*Derrick Rose*hack*) cheated on his SAT exam to qualify academically turned up no proof to support the NCAA’s allegations.
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