Auburn basketball player Mantas Rubštavičius is asking a Lee County judge to let him play immediately after the NCAA denied his eligibility for the 2026-27 season.
Mantas Rubštavičius, who moved from Kaunas “Žalgiris” to college basketball this offseason, found himself in the grip of legal negotiations and bureaucracy. The NCAA does not confirm the 24-year-old from Panevėžys' eligibility for the league, and for this reason the basketball player and his camp decided to defend their rights in the Alabama state court, writes the daily newspaper “Auburn Under Cover”. The Auburn “Tigers” received Rubštavičius' …