Posted on Fri, May. 2, 2008
Dominic Rutledge was the kind of recruit that Saint Joseph's was really happy to get last fall - a power forward with great athleticism, a potential difference-maker. Well, the 6-7 Rutledge, from Edison (N.J.) Job Corps Academy, won't be making a difference for St. Joe's next season.
"There would be some [NCAA] Clearinghouse issues,'' St. Joe's coach Phil Martelli said. "There are some admissible issues at St. Joe's. Rather than get involved, we have encouraged him to go to junior college. It's one of those situations that even a prep school thing isn't going to fix it . . . After careful consideration, he was not going to be admissible under the St. Joe standards.''
St. Francis interviews Bass
St. Joe's assistant Mark Bass has interviewed for the vacant head-coaching job at St. Francis (Pa.). Bass, Martelli's longest-tenured assistant, has gotten several feelers about head jobs in recent years. *
- Dick Jerardi
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