BREAKING: NCAA Denies Waiver for WVU's RaeQuan Battle

Very unfortunate news for the Mountaineer basketball program.

It's been quite a challenging offseason for the West Virginia men's basketball team and on Monday, they received word from the NCAA that RaeQuan Battle's waiver for immediate eligibility has been denied. WVU will appeal the decision.

The waiver for immediate eligibility for fifth-year guard RaeQuan Battle has been denied by the NCAA.

WVU will appeal the decision.https://t.co/223mJSzWjH

— WVU Men's Basketball (@WVUhoops) October 23, 2023

Because Battle did not graduate from Montana State and already used his one-time transfer going from Washington to Montana State, he and WVU had to seek a waiver.

"RaeQuan's special. He really is special," said head coach Josh Eilert. "He's probably our most natural athlete. He really scores the ball well. He can get himself his own shot. But defensively, if you go back to the Press Virginia days, he'd fit right in because he's so smooth and so athletic and so quick twitched compared to everybody else on that floor."

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