The battle will have to continue for St. John’s forward Keyshawn Hall to win his eligibility case in court after the Ohio Court of Appeals denied the emergency motion to lift the stay in the state’s five-for-five case.
After a temporary restraining order made Hall, and others eligible, the NCAA was granted a stay in the case that made the players ineligible but the motion to vacate the stay was denied on Tuesday night.
It means that if the college basketball season were to start this season, Hall would not be able to play for the Johnnies after committing to the Red Storm this summer following his season at Auburn.
“Appellees have requested that we vacate the previously issued stay and restore the preliminary injunction granted by the trial court,” the court document read. “After considering the appellees’ motion, the appellant’s opposition thereto, and appellees’ replay in support thereof, we have determined that appellee have not established that they are entitled to relief requested.”
“The emergency motion to vacate the previously issued stay is hereby denied.”
The next step for St. John’s and Keyshawn Hall could be to change states in their court case and continue the legal battle.
The Johnnies already scored one courtroom victory last week when Senegalese forward Babacar Sane was granted a temporary restraining order that gives him eligibility after the NCAA deemed him ineligible due to his previous G-League experience.
A formal hearing is set for October 1 for Sane.
St. John’s is still waiting for the eligibility status on British point guard Quinn Ellis who joins the team after spending time in the EuroLeague, the top basketball league overseas.
Reed Bailey, a transfer from Indiana, is also seeking a fifth year of eligibility like Keyshawn Hall but Bailey is listed in a California case that was granted a temporary restraining order, and which has not yet been challenged by the NCAA.
St. John’s begins its regular season on November 2 against Monmouth.
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