Mark Tikhonenko wasn’t sure what was happening when University of Tennessee at Chattanooga basketball coaches approached him in the weight room Tuesday.
“I was like, ‘What did I do?'” he said.
What followed was elation.
UTC received word Tuesday that the 6-foot-11 Sam Houston State transfer has received a waiver from the NCAA that makes him eligible for this season. Tikhonenko has two years of eligibility remaining.
“The way I was told was scary,” Tikhonenko said in a video posted to the Mocs men’s basketball Instagram account. “I didn’t expect all the coaches to come up on me.