Great news and a great gesture by his school. He has had a brilliant career at August State and will make a great NBL player when he returns home. The 6ers would do well to sign him up!

Has he not been in the Sixers squad - 2005 maybe?

Yer sixers get on the opportunity as soon as possible

enon - I think I remember him hitting the court in a 36ers uniform that year? Bit of garbage time? Not sure.

Can I ask how he suited for the Sixers and then played at a Div 1 school? Would he not be ineligible due to playing on a professional team???

Good point. Maybe he had the opportunity to get on court but turned it down? Who was the other guy on the bench with him at the time? I think I was at the game where he had the chance to play? Might be confusing him with someone else though.

Great gesture by the school and IMO well deserved of Ben. I had the pleasure of seeing him play two years ago there and he was (as a sophomore) a man amongst boys, basketball IQ wise.

Augusta State is a D2 program, albeit a very good one. The scrutiny and rules are different regarding amateurism D1 to D2.

I really hope to see him play for the Sixers next year.

He was 12th man for Adelaide, never played any minutes for them. So made him eligible to play for ASU and what a phenomenal time he has had there and well deserved. He works extremely hard to achieve his goals.