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Deniz Kilicli says NCAA unfair to foreigners

Updated: November 19, 2010, 8:05 PM ET
By Andy Katz

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Did Turkish national Enes Kanter ever have a chance to be eligible at Kentucky?

Fellow countryman Deniz Kilicli didn't think so a year ago and doesn't see it occurring through an appeal, but hopes the rules will change to reflect the two different systems in which Americans and Europeans prepare for athletics in higher education.

"I never thought he was going to play," West Virginia's sophomore forward said about his friend from Turkey. "I knew ...

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