There was no decision in Cade Tyson’s eligibility case on Tuesday, but some legal experts said it does not look good for the Gophers’ wing and others in his class who are suing the NCAA for an extra year of eligibility this season.

The three-judge panel in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver appeared receptive to the NCAA’s case during oral arguments in the antitrust case, Wisne v. NCAA.

The NCAA recently passed a rule allowing student-athletes eligibility for five seasons in a five-year window, the five-for-five rule. Plaintiffs are using antitrust laws to argue the NCAA cannot leave them out of that five-season allowance just because they started school before the new rule went into effect.

“I think the NCAA will win 3-0, and it won’t be close,” Michael McCann, a legal expert at Sportico, wrote on X. “With attorney Rakesh Kilaru arguing for the NCAA, the NCAA had a great day in court. The nationwide injunction is highly likely to be reversed (in my opinion).”Judge Charlotte Sweeney’s decision in early August granted a preliminary injunction that initially allowed these players in the class of 2022 to have a fifth year of eligibility this season. In late August, the NCAA received a stay to the court’s injunction, making the players ineligible.

That’s where things stand.

Panel judge Nancy Moritz on Tuesday called the plaintiffs’ definition of a market to be “over-broad,” and that’s considered a key threshold issue needed in antitrust cases, said Sam Ehrlich, a former lawyer and current professor at Boise State.

Tyson, Minnesota’s leading scorer last season, is currently practicing with the Gophers in the hope of playing this season. He averaged nearly 20 points a game for the U during his fourth collegiate season.

Minnesota’s first of two exhibition games is Thursday vs. Omaha at Williams Arena, followed by Oct. 23 vs. Creighton in Omaha, Neb. The U will open the regular season vs. North Dakota on Nov. 2.