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Evans Named To Cowboy Basketball Coaching Staff
Apr. 04, 2016 Men's Basketball
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State head basketball coach Brad Underwood has announced the addition of Lamont Evans as an assistant on his Cowboy coaching staff.
http://www.okstate.com/news/2016/4/4/mens-basketball-evans-named-to-cowboy-basketball-coaching-staff.aspx
Apr. 04, 2016 Men's Basketball
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State head basketball coach Brad Underwood has announced the addition of Lamont Evans as an assistant on his Cowboy coaching staff.
http://www.okstate.com/news/2016/4/4/mens-basketball-evans-named-to-cowboy-basketball-coaching-staff.aspx
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I think Louisville could get hammered. They are an Addidas school. The Bowen recruitment in particular could be used against them. If that happens on top of the recent hooker incidents....oh baby.
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My ability to interpret legalese isn't strong, but it appears Evans is charged with taking money to steer kids to agents AND bribing players to attend certain schools. If it's proven this took place while he was at OSU with Underwood in 2016 (and it looks likely), then BU may face some kind of "failure of institutional control" type penalty.
Edit: It appears the bribes in recruiting may have gone from the shoe companies directly to the players to attend certain schools. Whether or not Evans knew about it or participated would be the key in that case.
Ironically, I remember a certain poster had an utter meltdown that we couldn't entice Evans to join the program.
Edit: It appears the bribes in recruiting may have gone from the shoe companies directly to the players to attend certain schools. Whether or not Evans knew about it or participated would be the key in that case.
Ironically, I remember a certain poster had an utter meltdown that we couldn't entice Evans to join the program.
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I know this is unrealistic and spiteful, but I really want this to somehow work out to have nothing to do with Underwood at OSU and at the same time everything to do with Bruce Pearl
Maybe it is possible since Pearl has had Chuck Person as an assistant all three years.
Maybe it is possible since Pearl has had Chuck Person as an assistant all three years.
My ability to interpret legalese isn't strong, but it appears Evans is charged with taking money to steer kids to agents AND bribing players to attend certain schools. If it's proven this took place while he was at OSU with Underwood in 2016 (and it looks likely), then BU may face some kind of "failure of institutional control" type penalty.
Edit: It appears the bribes in recruiting may have gone from the shoe companies directly to the players to attend certain schools. Whether or not Evans knew about it or participated would be the key in that case.
Ironically, I remember a certain poster had an utter meltdown that we couldn't entice Evans to join the program.
You mean Jawun??
You mean Jawun??
Hmm maybe Gio was right when he talked about OSU "dropping the bag" after all.....
Highly doubt that would happen. Like with everything else, it'll go high enough to hit some high-profile programs - like here, Arizona and Louisville - but those true blue bloods would never get hit.
Yes, it is a national conspiracy against Illinois, I am glad the FBI is on it.
Be careful what you wish for, because there is currently more of a connection with South Carolina/Oklahoma State where Underwood worked, than KU, UK, Duke, and UNC. Hopefully, Evans acted on his own.
This guy has a ton of stuff about Louisville and Bowen - https://twitter.com/JasonRileyWDRB
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The shoe company role in recruiting has been the worst kept secret in college basketball for years now. It was going on in Derrick Rose's recruitment ten years ago. Pathetic that it takes the feds stepping in to actually do anything about it.
This is some movie type stuff right here... Curious if this ends up being as big as it sounds.
I doubt it, though I'll be curious to see what side the HC's come out on.
I doubt it, though I'll be curious to see what side the HC's come out on.
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http://www.wdrb.com/story/36454113/...-to-federal-fraud-probe-of-college-basketball
No wonder Tugs' recruitment was so bizarre.
I would be SHOCKED! if Auburn were involved in any shady dealings.
He's got to be in the center of this thing. Having mysteriously moved from South Carolina to Dallas and then shows up in Stillwater. Even Larry Brown got cold feet on Jawun. The good part about this is that recruitment was under Ford at OSU and not BU. Right??
Correct. Ford was the one who recruited Jawun. BU coached him for his sophomore season.
Yeah. Alleges payments to players during 2016
This is the one that the NCAA will use as evidence to start their own investigation. Lack of institutional control!!
Bowen can't play with this hanging over his head, right?
I've gotta say that i am also incredibly curious how this investigation started. This stuff has been going on forever, why would the FBI get involved now, and with such a limited focus? I would not be at all surprised to learn that this was started by a fan of one school out to hurt another, and the others involved are merely the low hanging fruit that could disguise the original intent. (I am going to vote for a UK fan going after Pitino.)
I've gotta say that i am also incredibly curious how this investigation started. This stuff has been going on forever, why would the FBI get involved now, and with such a limited focus? I would not be at all surprised to learn that this was started by a fan of one school out to hurt another, and the others involved are merely the low hanging fruit that could disguise the original intent. (I am going to vote for a UK fan going after Pitino.)
How about paragraph 65(a)? In February 2017, Evans wanted money from the adviser in order to pay a high school recruit (actually his mother) who had previously given a verbal commitment.
The good news is that there's absolutely nothing implying that Underwood knew of any of this. As someone else mentioned, the adviser specifically stated in a recording that they needed to work through Evans rather than Frank Martin because head coaches make too much money and it's too risky for them.
I suppose I'm a little confused about this, both not being a lawyer, and the fact that this has been going on for literally decades. Why the crack down now? Where are the big boys? I suppose it could just be chance that the agents they caught were not associated with any blue blood program.
Anyway, can someone explain the quid pro quo here? Is it as simple as:
Agent steers player to certain college, giving "enticements/bribes" to asst coach, and as a public employee this is illegal.
College agrees to steer player back to agent/shoe company.
Anyway, can someone explain the quid pro quo here? Is it as simple as:
Agent steers player to certain college, giving "enticements/bribes" to asst coach, and as a public employee this is illegal.
College agrees to steer player back to agent/shoe company.
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