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The NCAA has denied an eligibility waiver request for Alabama guard Jahvon Quinerly, who transferred from Villanova in June. Alabama said in a statement that it would appeal the decision. "We just received notification from the NCAA that our request for Jahvon Quinerly's immediate eligibility has been denied," the school said in a statement. "We are disappointed in this decision and will be appealing. He and his family have been through a lot, and despite those challenges, Jahvon has done everything he's been asked since he's been here." Quinerly is ranked No. 5 among ESPN's top sit-out transfers. Unless his appeal is granted, Quinerly will have to sit out the 2019-20 season and will have three years of eligibility remaining. A 6-foot-1 point guard from New Jersey, Quinerly was a five-star recruit and McDonald's All-American in the class of 2018. He was expected to push for a starting spot in Jay Wright's program, but Wright opted to go with sophomore Collin Gillespie, who played a key role in Villanova's national championship run two seasons ago. Quinerly appeared in 25 of 36 games in 2018-19, playing a total of one minute in the final eight games of the season. He averaged 3.2 points. Information from ESPN's Jeff Borzello was used in this report.
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