[Cracked Sidewalks] UNC investigates possible recruiting violation

[CrackedSidewalksSays]

UNC investigates possible recruiting violation
UNC investigates possible recruiting violation

The Charlotte Observer reports this morning that the University of North Carolina is investigating possible NCAA recruiting violations during Iman Shumpert's visit to campus last weekend.

Earlier this week Shumpert indicated he played basketball against three current NBA players during his visit -- Marvin Williams, Sean May and Raymond Felton. In NCAA terminology these guys are 'athletics representatives' which limits the type of involvement they can have with prospective recruits.

Still, this may be much ado about nothing because May and Williams are currently enrolled as students on Chapel Hill, which means they can talk to recruits. Felton is not currently enrolled.

Can anybody imagine this one getting legs? I can't see this going anywhere (one can hope) but UNC can't be pleased with any such distraction during a recruit's decision-making process.

Even if the investigation reveals an issue, recent NCAA precedent favors the violator. Mizzou head coach Quin Snyder famously (and repeatedly) violated NCAA rules in recruiting Jason Conley as a transfer student from VMI -- yet the player was allowed to play in Columbia despite the illegal contact. The UNC situation appears to be far less severe than the Missouri case, which is all the more reason to think this will quietly go away soon. But hey, stranger things have happened.

Still, recruiting against Tom Crean must be really tough for a program like UNC, eh? :-)


Shumpert is scheduled to visit Georgia Tech later this month, and complete his final official visit at MU for Marquette Madness in October.

http://www.crackedsidewalks.com/2007/09/unc-investigates-possible-recruiting.html

[The Lens]

It's a good thing that TC is known to not so much as even utter the name Dwyane Wade, ever. 

[Henry Sugar]

It's a good thing that TC is known to not so much as even utter the name Dwyane Wade, ever. 

I don't understand your point.  What's the connection between the Cracked Sidewalks blog entry and your comment?

[The Lens]

It was sarcasm...as I rarely hear Coach Crean speak in public, on any topic, that he doesn't mention Dwyane.

[Henry Sugar]

It was sarcasm...as I rarely hear Coach Crean speak in public, on any topic, that he doesn't mention Dwyane.

I understood you were using sarcasm.  I was just trying to figure out what your point was related to the blog entry.

Now I realize it's not related at all and you just have an issue with how frequently Crean mentions Dwyane.

[Avenue Commons]

He played in a pickup game on campus with some former UNC players and that's a violation? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. It'd be one thing if he was flown to a private camp or these players came in just to visit with Shumpert, but on campus? In a pick up game? With some guys enrolled in school? The NCAA has way bigger fish to fry than this. It's stupid.

[77ncaachamps]

It's a good thing that TC is known to not so much as even utter the name Dwyane Wade, ever. 

But can Crean have the Miami championship games and the NCAA Tourney game with UK playing in the background as they talk?