{"id":19801,"date":"2014-06-19T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-19T09:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/ware-cleared-to-play-at-georgia-state\/"},"modified":"2014-06-19T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T15:00:07","slug":"ware-cleared-to-play-at-georgia-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/ware-cleared-to-play-at-georgia-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Ware cleared to play at Georgia State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, GA (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; Kevin Ware has been cleared to play by the NCAA and will be on the court for the Georgia State men&#8217;s basketball team this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Ware transferred from Louisville to be closer to his home in Atlanta. He played nine games for the Cardinals as a junior last year after recovering from one of the most gruesome on-court injuries in recent memory &#8212; a compound fracture of his lower right leg suffered during an Elite Eight victory over Duke in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia State said it expects Ware will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really excited for Kevin and his family,&#8221; said Georgia State coach Ron Hunter in a statement Thursday. &#8220;This is another huge boost for our team as Kevin is a talented guard who adds another dynamic to our roster. He has been working hard since his arrival and been welcomed by the team. I expect him to continue to work hard as we prepare for the upcoming season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ware played sparingly during his brief stint last season and averaged just 1.7 points. He had a solid sophomore season before the injury, contributing 4.5 points and 1.8 rebounds in a reserve role for a team that went on to win the national championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta, GA (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; Kevin Ware has been cleared to play by the NCAA and will be on the court for the Georgia State men&#8217;s basketball team this fall. Ware transferred from Louisville to be closer to his home in Atlanta. He played nine games for the Cardinals as a junior last year after recovering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ncaa-basketball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19805,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19801\/revisions\/19805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}