Miami forward Malik Reneau is eligible to play in the 2026-27 season after a judge in Indiana granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday.
Reneau averaged 18.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists last season and was an All-ACC selection in his first year with the Hurricanes after three seasons at Indiana.
This injunction also includes Miami basketball player Malik Reneau, who averaged 18.9 points per game for the Hurricanes last year. Per attorney Ryan Downton of the Texas Trial Group, there are nearly 100 athletes across 16 different sports in this case who received an… https://t.co/47xFYMLkad
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Malik Reneau looks to be a difference maker for Miami this season
Monroe Circuit Court Judge Kara E. Krothe granted the injunction in a case that includes nearly 100 athletes across 16 sports. Indiana defensive linemen Kellan Wyatt and Stephen Daley, former Iowa State guard Tamin Lipsey and Indiana forward Sam Alexis are among the plaintiffs.
The NCAA is expected to appeal
Reneau has remained enrolled at Miami and has practiced with the team while courts reviewed eligibility for athletes from the high school class of 2022. Coach Jai Lucas said the Hurricanes were taking the situation day by day and operating as if Reneau were on the roster.
The dispute stems from the NCAA's new age-based eligibility model, which generally allows five seasons of competition in a five-year window. Athletes from the class of 2022 who already used four seasons without a redshirt argued they were excluded from a rule applied to other classes.
Krothe wrote that the plaintiffs face irreparable harm if they cannot compete. She also wrote, "Under the plain terms of the 2026-27 NCAA Manual they are eligible to compete, and the NCAA is breaching its contractual obligations by denying them that opportunity."
Wyatt and Daley were eligible for Indiana's first two games under a temporary restraining order that expired on Sept. 14, and both missed last weekend's 38-0 win over Western Kentucky. The injunction restores them before Friday's Big Ten opener against Northwestern.
Similar rulings elsewhere have been followed by NCAA appeals and requests to pause the orders.
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