Villanova freshman Matthew Hodge has been ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA, and an initial waiver to change his eligibility status has been denied, leaving the school and Hodge with one last resort: an appeal,

Villanova is two games into their season, yet one of their basketball rookies has been left behind in a “frustrating” situation.

The NCAA Eligibility Center reviewed his transcripts from both his time in Belgium and the United States and ruled that Hodge was deficient in meeting its qualifier requirement