<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">STORRS, Conn. -- Connecticut freshman center Hasheem Thabeet has been declared eligible by the NCAA to play this season, the school announced Wednesday. Thabeet, a 7-foot-3 center from Tanzania, had been seeking a ruling from the NCAA on whether he met some core curriculum requirements. The case was complex because Thabeet was educated in both Tanzania and in the United States. He attended Cyprus Community Christian School in Houston last year. Thabeet is expected to be UConn's starting center. </div> Source
