With an injunction against the NCAA and in favor of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, one has to wonder what former Nebraska basketball point guard Ahron Ulis is thinking today. Certainly, “I should have gotten a better lawyer,” had to have entered his thoughts momentarily. Hopefully, the former Husker at least knows that he did things the right way (after first doing them the wrong way), admitted guilt, and accepted his punishment.
Still, it’s got to be frustrating for Uhlis, who sat out an entire season for something very similar to what Sorsby just got an injunction and a two-game suspension for. The ruling by a Texas judge on Monday shows that the rules only apply to those who don’t do everything they can to subvert them. That’s if any rules apply to anyone anymore.
Before coming to Nebraska, Ahron Ulis began his college career at Iowa, where he played three seasons, helped the Hawkeyes reach three straight NCAA Tournaments, and became a regular starter in 2022-23, averaging 6.1 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.6 rebounds over 32 games with 27 starts.
He transferred to Nebraska in May 2023, but his Husker career was immediately derailed by the Iowa sports-betting investigation: he was initially charged with tampering with records. As part of his punishment, the NCAA made him sit out the 2023-24 season with the Huskers. Of course, they also didn’t make that any easier, leaving him in limbo and wondering whether he could and would be reinstated for months.
Ahron Ulis punishment makes Brendan Sorsby ruling sting for Nebraska basketball
Finally, Uhlis was reinstated and played the 2024-25 season, during which he averaged 2.4 points, 1.3 rebounds, and 1.5 assists. Someone who came to Lincoln looking like he might be the answer at point guard ended up being a useful but limited bench piece. One has to wonder if things might have turned out differently if he hadn’t sat out an entire year.
It’s worth noting that the NCAA had wanted to essentially give Brendan Sorsby the same treatment. The organization suspended him for the entire season (which was also the rest of his college career), but Texas Tech wanted the quarterback suspended just two games. A Texas judge agreed with the Red Raiders and issued an injunction against the NCAA. That, despite Sorsby’s own admission, he did quite a bit more gambling than the former Nebraska player was accused of.
It wasn’t just Ahron Ulis either. The NCAA also punished former Iowa football players Arland Bruce IV, Reggie Bracy, and Jack Johnson for the same type of infractions as the former Husker. None of the other three ever appeared in another college football game.
The former Nebraska star at least got another season of college sports before his NCAA career ended. Unlike Brendan Sorsby, he at least did see some real and impactful punishment. It’s a safe bet that one thought that occurred to Ahron Ulis on Monday was that he wondered what could have been if he had pushed things just a little bit farther.
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