On Wednesday morning we heard that former Boston Celtics guard RJ Luis was trying to make one more run at playing college basketball this season for LSU.

On Wednesday afternoon we learned that Luis is going to be eligible for the Tigers, at least for now. He's been granted an injunction that keeps him eligible until Nov. 13. That means he can play when the team opens up its season next Tuesday.

Whether he stays eligible after that is up to the legal system again.

Here's what you need to know about the NCAA drama:

This summer, following the conclusion of the 2025-26 athletic year, the NCAA adopted a new "age-based eligibility model." What this means is that student-athletes, moving forward, get five years to play five seasons of their sport. If a player is healthy for all five seasons, then they basically get a bonus year that previous generations of athletes haven't had. 

There are no redshirts though. So if a player gets injured, they are still using up their clock, and they will hope to be healthy enough to have the traditional four years to play.

Well, Luis played three years of college basketball, and then he left for the NBA Draft. He was not drafted and ended up spending time with the Celtics in the 2025-26 preseason. He scored six points.

He played no games in the NBA or the G-League, but he had a pro contract, which is a problem here.

Luis is arguing that he played three seasons in three years, took a year off, and now deserves to come back for his fourth season because it falls in the five-year time frame.

The SEC, however, has barred athletes from coming back to school if they'd had a pro contract, which Luis had. This injunction keeps LSU from getting in trouble for having Luis on the roster, at least for 10 days.

Any number of reasons, right?

1) He wants to come out in the NBA Draft again next year and have a chance at getting selected?

2) He wants to spend a year at LSU and make additional money in NIL?

3) He wants to try to win a championship in Baton Rouge?

4) College is fun?

You name it, they are all possibilities.