Derrick Rose Speaks Publicly About Memphis Controversy

Former Memphis point guard Derrick Rose has spoken publicly for the first time about the alleged NCAA violations during his time at Memphis. Rose's ACT scores have been at the center of the allegations involving the Memphis basketball team. Here is what Rose had to say in an interview with The Chicago Sun-Times:

For the first time, he answered reporters' questions about the controversies.

About the ACT allegations, he said: "That didn't bother me at all. I didn't do anything wrong, so it was up to Memphis what they had to do. Coach [John Calipari] told me not to worry about it. I definitely wasn't worrying about it."

Rose said he speaks with Calipari—who has moved to Kentucky—frequently and they rarely mention the topic.

"That's the last thing we'd talk about," Rose said. "We'd probably talk about that for two or five minutes. Other than that, he'd always tell me how good some of his players, talk about the offseason and talk about how my family's doing. The last thing we'd talk about is something negative."

Article from SunTimes.com