MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Former West Virginia guard Honor Huff has gained eligibility for a fifth and final season of college basketball, per a ruling in Monongalia County from Judge Cindy Scott.
In the order, Scott granted Huff’s motion for preliminary injunction against the NCAA while also denying the organization’s motion to stay pending an appeal.
Huff had filed for the injunction in circuit court a month ago, and the Mountaineers’ leading scorer from last season announced last week his intention to enter the transfer portal in the event he could play a fifth season.
A message from Honor Huff after receiving his preliminary injunction on 10/28. He’ll be eligible immediately!
We’re excited to see No. 3 back on the court soon. #transferportal #RAE https://t.co/4nmRQknfZg
— Representing Athletic Excellence (@RAE_Advisory) November 2, 2026
In the ruling, Scott wrote “Honor Huff is permitted to compete for available roster positions at any NCAA Division I member institution during the 2026-27 academic year without the NCAA regarding that participation as a violation of its eligibility rules.”
Scott also said, “The Court further finds that it is unreasonable not to afford exceptions to student-athletes like Plaintiff who made decisions about their collegiate athletic careers not knowing that the NCAA would later change the eligibility rules in a way that makes that decision consequential and at the same time terminate any waiver remedies previously afforded student-athletes.”
HONOR HUFF GRANTED PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST NCAA
Huff’s case for an additional season of eligibility was centered around being forced to sit during the 2022-23 season after he followed head coach Dan Earl from VMI to Chattanooga and had to adhere to a Southern Conference policy requiring intra-conference transfers to complete an academic year in residence before competing in athletics.
The SoCo was the only Division I league at that time preventing immediate eligibility upon a move between member schools, and Huff’s request to the conference to waive the academic year in residency for immediate eligibility at that time was denied.
Huff then played two seasons at Chattanooga before competing last year at WVU, where he averaged 16.5 points and set a program single-season record for 3-pointers made (120) and attempted (339).
Second-year WVU head coach Ross Hodge has acknowledged his support for Huff’s decision to gain eligibility, but the Mountaineers were at their roster limit of 15 players for this season before Huff filed the complaint.
“You’d be talking about a lot of hypotheticals, which I know doesn’t make it as fun for you guys, but I try not talk in hypotheticals, because then it gets backward and you’re talking about something you don’t know,” Hodge said during a mid-October media session. “I have not put much thought into that situation. If it became a reality, then you can cross it and maybe have some conversations as it leads closer to it.
“There have been people that have won their cases, and in their cases, they asked for roster exemptions and not to be limited. That’s been awarded to certain people. Does that get awarded to him? I don’t know. The if, if, if game is not a game I like to participate in, but I am supportive of him for sure and I’ll support all these guys. What it looks like for him and here, that’s just a different conversation for a different day.”