BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) – Lamar is looking into whether new basketball coach Pat Knight violated an NCAA rule by allowing two recruits to speak with his father, former Indiana coach Bob Knight.
The Indianapolis Star reported this week that Indiana high school players Donnell Minton and Jason Smith, who both verbally committed to Lamar, talked with Bob Knight by phone during a recent campus visit. Pat Knight, who played for his father at Indiana in the early 1990s, was hired by Lamar in April after he was fired by Texas Tech.
The Star reported that Pat Knight called his father, then handed the phone to the recruits. Lamar interim athletics director and compliance officer Jason Henderson said Thursday the school has been investigating since the newspaper contacted the athletics department.
An NCAA spokesman did not immediately return an email on Thursday.
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