MANILA, Philippines – Basketball standout Kobe Paras is no longer going to join the UCLA Bruins in NCAA Division I basketball due to "academic conditions of his admission not being met,” according to a line from a press release that was tweeted by an ESPN college basketball reporter.
The reporter, Jeff Borzello, shared the news on his social media profile on Wednesday, June 29 (Thursday early morning, June 30, Manila time).
{source} <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UCLA incoming freshman Kobe Paras has withdrawn from the university "due to academic conditions of his admission not being met," per release</p>— Jeff Borzello (@jeffborzello) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeffborzello/status/748185119295315968">June 29, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> {/source}
The news of Paras’ withdrawal from UCLA was also tweeted by college basketball reporters Sam Vecenie of CBS Sports and Rob Dauster of NBC Sports.
The 6-foot-5 Paras, a former star for La Salle Green Hills in Philippine high school basketball, first confirmed his commitment to the Bruins back in October 2014.
The son of former PBA MVP Benjie Paras was also recruited by other NCAA Division I schools like Arizona State, California, Portland State, Texas-Arlington, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara.
This is a developing story. – Rappler.com