Malek Harris Visiting K-State This Weekend

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Ken Corbitt ‏@KenCorbitt 12h  K-State basketball coaches stroll through Tointon Stadium with recruit Malek Harris

John Zetmeir ‏@J_Zetmeir 12h  Malek Harris in the building here at Tointon Family Stadium #KStateMBB

Alex Kline ‏@TheRecruitScoop 18h  Former Marquette commit Malek Harris - a 2014 forward from Sandburg (IL) - is visiting Kansas State this weekend.

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Malek, before you commit to K-State, you better read this.  They are the "Hotel California" of colleges, you can check out anytime you want but you can never leave.

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/04/18/4968431/kansas-state-committee-denies.html

Kansas State committee denies transfer appeal of women's basketball player Leticia Romero

If Leticia Romero chooses to transfer from Kansas State, she will have to without the university's blessing.

Romero, a star guard on the Wildcats' women's basketball team, said Friday that an appeals committee led by K-State vice president of student life Pat Bosco denied her request for a transfer. She can still enroll at another school, but she won't be eligible for an athletic scholarship for a year.

NCAA rules dictate that transfers must sit out a year before they can play at a new school, but they are only allowed to immediately receive financial aid if their previous school approves of the transfer by granting a scholarship release.

K-State's athletic department denied Romero's initial request to transfer, which she made after athletic director John Currie fired the coach she signed with, Deb Patterson, and hired Jeff Mittie as her replacement. Romero, of Las Palmas, Spain, decided her playing style wasn't a good fit with her new coach.

Romero appealed that ruling before a committee Wednesday. She said the committee informed her that her transfer request had been denied Thursday morning. Upset by the news, she waited until Friday to share the verdict.

"My release has been denied," Romero said. "My parents and I are still requesting some information from the university about my appeal hearing."

Romero led the team with 14.2 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 32.6 minutes per game last season as a freshman. She was chosen Big 12 freshman of the week four times.

She received 60 scholarship offers before choosing K-State, which she did in large part because of Patterson and former assistant/player Shalee Lehning.

Currie and other K-State officials have declined comment, citing university policy. K-State's student-athlete handbook states that the school denies most transfer requests, except for circumstances "which place an undue burden on the student-athlete."

Men's basketball players Angel Rodriguez, Adrian Diaz and Michael Orris, however, were granted transfer requests last season. And incoming women's basketball recruit McKenna Treece was granted a release from her letter of intent in the past few weeks. But K-State is fighting to keep Romero as it did with senior offensive lineman Manase Foketi and others in recent seasons.

Romero isn't sure what she will do next, but she could remain at K-State or transfer to a new school and pay her own way for a year, though she has said that would put a heavy financial burden on herself and her family living overseas. Or she could move back to Spain and pursue a professional basketball career.

"I don't want to make any more comments on that for now," Romero said.

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Crazy about K-state denying transfer requests.  That should get more publicity.  Forget blocking certain schools, completely denying transfers is a larger issue.