UAB gets immediate eligibility of transfer guard Hakeem Baxter

[Harry]

Have to think this bodes well for J-Mychal's transfer?

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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - UAB picked up an impact transfer in the offseason when Hakeem Baxter decided to leave Maryland-Eastern Shore this spring, and he'll play for the Blazers sooner than expected.

UAB head coach Jerod Haase said that a waiver was put in for Baxter, a Philadelphia native, to play right away instead of sitting out the mandatory transfer year, and the NCAA granted it. Haase declined to comment on the circumstances of the waiver.

Baxter, a 6-foot-2, 170-pound guard, scored 14.3 points per game as a freshman at UMES. UAB coaches reached out to Baxter after he announced his transfer intentions and recruited him to Birmingham successfully.

read more: http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2014/10/uab_adds_more_punch_with_immed.html

[Andrew]

I hope so. We can win our first five OOC games without him but once we start that big road trip it's going to get tough real fast.