{"id":593591,"date":"2026-02-10T00:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593591\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:41:19","slug":"judge-rules-7-foot-c-charles-bediako-no-longer-eligible-to-play-for-alabama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/593591\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Rules 7-Foot C Charles Bediako No Longer Eligible To Play for Alabama"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Alabama circuit judge on Monday denied Alabama<\/a> basketball player Charles Bediako<\/a>\u2019s motion for a preliminary injunction, ending the 7-foot center’s collegiate eligibility and his season with the Crimson Tide.<\/p>\n

County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Pruet cited that Bediako “failed to demonstrate that he is entitled to the injunctive relief that he seeks,” according to court documents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bediako was playing under a temporary restraining order that allowed the former NBA<\/a> G League player to join Alabama in the middle of the season despite questions regarding his collegiate eligibility.<\/p>\n

NCAA President Charlie Baker said in a statement that he was glad the court “upheld the rules of our members.”<\/p>\n

“Common sense won a round today,” Baker said. “The court saw this for what it is: an attempt by professionals to pivot back to college and crowd out the next generation of students. College sports are for students, not for people who already walked away to go pro and now want to hit the \u2018undo\u2019 button at the expense of a teenager\u2019s dream. While we\u2019re glad the court upheld the rules our members actually want, one win doesn\u2019t fix the national mess of state laws. It\u2019s time for Congress to stop watching from the sidelines and help us provide some actual stability.”<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old Bediako was averaging 10 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in five games. Alabama went 3-2 in those games.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for both sides \u2014 Bediako and the NCAA \u2014 argued their cases Friday. Bediako sued college basketball<\/a>\u2019s sanctioning body in an effort to regain eligibility despite leaving Alabama for the 2023 NBA Draft, signing a two-way NBA contract and playing the last three seasons in the developmental G League.<\/p>\n

Bediako spent two seasons (2021-23) at Alabama, averaging 6.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks, and helped the Crimson Tide make the NCAA Tournament twice. He wasn\u2019t selected in the 2023 draft, but he played for the Motor City Cruise in the NBA\u2019s G League as recently as mid-January.<\/p>\n

His lawyers argued that Bediako remains within his five-year college eligibility window. The NCAA denied Alabama\u2019s initial petition, and NCAA President Charlie Baker and SEC<\/a> Commissioner Greg Sankey have made it clear they are opposed to Bediako\u2019s reinstatement.<\/p>\n

Crimson Tide coach Nate Oats said Friday that, regardless of the outcome of the case, Bediako will be allowed to remain on scholarship and work toward a college degree.<\/p>\n

Alabama (16-7, 6-4 SEC), which faces Ole Miss<\/a> on Wednesday, did not immediately comment on the court decision.<\/p>\n

Reporting by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Alabama circuit judge on Monday denied Alabama basketball player Charles Bediako\u2019s motion for a preliminary injunction, ending…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":551461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3723],"tags":[7998,7,47772,217,231,772,1544,1116],"class_list":{"0":"post-593591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-basketball","8":"tag-alabama-crimson-tide","9":"tag-basketball","10":"tag-charles-bediako","11":"tag-college-basketball","12":"tag-ncaa","13":"tag-ncaa-basketball","14":"tag-ncaab","15":"tag-sec"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116043558687116305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/551461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}