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Aberdeen’s Eligibility Battle Heats Up | Florida Gator Basketball News
Denzel Aberdeen, Florida’s star shooting guard and former Kentucky transfer, is locked in a high-stakes legal battle to play this season — fighting for a temporary restraining order under the NCAA’s new “five-in-five” rule. Though the rule allows athletes five years of eligibility within a five-year window, it doesn’t apply retroactively to his class, leaving him stuck after four seasons. His team argues he’s been unfairly targeted — especially since he enrolled early and played limited minutes as a freshman — while the NCAA defends its stance. A recent court ruling temporarily blocked his…
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