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Peaking in March is the goal for men s college basketball teams. In a season made up of bizarre scheduling and difficult rhythmic dynamics due to COVID-19, being a late-surging team is the best scenario a week from Selection Sunday.
Enter Oklahoma State.
The Cowboys (18-7, 11-7 Big 12) dispatched West Virginia 85-80 on the road Saturday to continue its late case for strong NCAA Tournament seeding. The most compelling part? They did it without their best player. Cade Cunningham, the projected No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, rolled his left ankle in Thursday s loss to Baylor but is expected to be back next week for the Big 12 tournament.
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Oklahoma State basketball is in a pickle, per 247Sports. As is the NCAA.
As it stands, the Cowboys are eligible to participate in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. The only thing that might change that is if the NCAA moves to rule Oklahoma State ineligible for the postseason, a ban that dates back former assistant Lamont Evans allegedly taking $22,000 in bribe money. In all, it’s a total mess – on the both the NCAA’s side and out in Stillwater.
“It’s a clear case of the NCAA Committee on Infractions over-punishing Oklahoma State because of the actions of one person,” said ESPN analyst Jay Bilas during Oklahoma State’s road game at No. 3 Baylor Thursday. “South Carolina had the same issue with [Lamont Evans] and they got two years of probation. I believe Oklahoma State has a very good case in their appeal. If the case isn’t decided by basically the start of the Big
Gamecocks respond to NCAA findings on MBB violations By Joe Gorchow | February 26, 2021 at 4:28 PM EST - Updated February 26 at 4:28 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - The NCAA will not impose any additional sanctions on the Gamecock menâs basketball program for a former assistant coachâs violations. The NCAA released its findings today.
The NCAA rules former gamecock assistant Lamont Evans was acting alone when he accepted approximately 33 hundred to 58 hundred dollars in bribes to steer a USC player to a particular sports agent.
Evans did not arrange meetings with the student-athlete and his family with the agentâs representative. The FBI arrested Evans, and he pled guilty to accepting bribes and was sentenced to three months in prison.
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