The race against the clock is officially on, and the St. John’s basketball program is trying to accelerate the process to get Auburn transfer Keyshawn Hall eligible as he is moving his legal battle to the state of New York.
Hall is suing the NCAA for a fifth year of eligibility in the Queens Supreme Court, according to court documents filed on Tuesday afternoon.
He was previously listed in the case in the state of Ohio, which has experienced several issues granting eligibility for its players after a motion was granted to stay the decision in favor of the NCAA that reversed the temporary restraining order.
There has not been a final decision in the Ohio court case, however.
The Queens Supreme Court is the same court that Red Storm forward Babacar Sane received a temporary restraining order in early September and will have a hearing on October 1 after the NCAA denied his eligibility request following stints in the NBA G-League.
“In June 2026, the NCAA abolished the four-seasons-in-five-years framework under which Plaintiff's seasons were counted and replaced it with an age-based model that grants five years of competition with no limit on the number of seasons of participation,” the court documents for Hall read.
“The NCAA implemented that model immediately, for the 2026-27 academic year. It declined to grandfather the athletes who had complied with the rule it was discarding, including Plaintiff and others similarly-situated in his class.”
Hall spent time at UNLV, George Mason, UFC, and Auburn before joining the Red Storm this offseason. Despite agreeing to an Exhibit 10 deal, he did not sign a contract after playing in the NBA Summer League.
“Plaintiff does not ask this Court to order the NCAA to grant him a waiver. He simply asks this Court to restrain the NCAA from three things: (1) from enforcing its seasons-of competition Bylaws to declare him ineligible; (2) from interfering with the decision of St. John's University to let him practice and compete; and (3) from invoking its Rule of Restitution to punish anyone for obeying this Court's order.”
In addition to Babacar Sane and Keyshawn Hall, St. John’s is still trying to ensure eligibility for British point guard Quinn Ellis and Indiana transfer Reed Bailey, who was currently granted a fifth year of eligibility on a temporary restraining order in the state of California.
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