Wall Must Repay Expenses But Cleared To Play

John Wall has been cleared to play for Kentucky.

Wall must repay expenses and sit out for two games, the first exhibition game against Campbellsville on Nov. 2 and the regular-season opener against Morehead State on Nov. 13.

"I'm grateful to have this decision behind me," Wall said in statement. "All I ever wanted was to go to school and play ball with my team. This has been really hard for my mom and I want to thank her for her support during this process."

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Kansas Ranked First In Coaches' Preseason Poll

Kansas was ranked first in the preseason ESPN/USA Today Top 25 coaches' poll, which was released Thursday.

Michigan State, Texas, North Carolina and Kentucky rounded out the top-five.

Finishing the top-10 are Villanova, Purdue, Duke, West Virginia and Butler.

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Eligibility Concerns Surround Wall And Sidney

SEC commissioner Mike Slive told ESPN.com that he believes the NCAA's agents and amateurism group, not enforcement officials, are looking into the eligibility of Kentucky's John Wall and Mississippi State freshman Renardo Sidney.

"Those are amateur issues that arose prior to their coming to our schools," Slive said. "Those are strictly amateurism issues. As we told our people, somebody needs to determine if they are eligible. It's not relative to you, it's relative to them."

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