Report: NCAA probing Baylor hoops programs
WACO, Texas, April 9 (UPI) -- The NCAA is probing hundreds of calls and texts made by Baylor University basketball coaches that allegedly violate recruiting rules, ESPN.com reported Monday.
The broadcaster said NCAA documents it obtained indicated men's Coach Scott Drew and women's Coach Kim Mulkey -- as well as their assistants -- were involved in making impermissible contacts with recruits over a 29-month period.
The revelations came less than a week after the Baylor Lady Bears completed an college basketball-record 40-0 season and claimed the NCAA Division I championship.
The NCAA disposition report revealed Baylor has already self-imposed some penalties as a result of the 4-year-old probe, ESPN.com said.
The inquiry reportedly began in 2008 when then-high school senior Brittney Griner and her father made "potentially impermissible contact" with members of the Baylor women's basketball staff.
Griner, the consensus women's college player of the year, carried the Lady Bears to their record season.
The final decision of the NCAA Committee on Infractions concerning the case hasn't been received yet, Baylor officials said in a statement, otherwise refusing to comment.
Report: Harvin attacked Gators coach
GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 9 (UPI) -- An alleged 2007 attack by ex-Florida Gator Percy Harvin on an assistant coach epitomized lax discipline under Urban Meyer, the Sporting News reported Monday.
Harvin, now a professional playing for the Minnesota Vikings, played for the Gators from 2006-08.
He was one several team members who received preferential treatment while Meyer was the head coach and who were allowed to get away with poor behavior -- including physically attacking wide receivers coach Billy Gonzales, the publication said.
Citing multiple unnamed sources, the report said Harvin grabbed Gonzales by the neck and threw him to the ground in 2007, a year before Meyer led Florida to a second national championship.
Sporting News said Meyer's treatment of Harvin and other "favorites" contributed to an undisciplined climate that ultimately led to the team's crash.
Meyer resigned unexpectedly in December 2010 after the Gators fell to 4-4 in the SEC. They posted a 3-5 conference record last season under Will Muschamp, who was hired to replace Meyer.
Harvin didn't return calls for comment, the publication said.
"I am very proud of our guys that played at Florida," Meyer told SN. "Are there issues? Yes there are with 18- to 22-year-olds. I have been criticized that I have been too lenient on players; that doesn't concern me."
Johnson named TCU basketball coach
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 9 (UPI) -- Texas Christian University announced Monday that Trent Johnson has been hired as the Horned Frogs' new men's basketball coach.
TCU Athletic Director Chris Del Conte made the announcement one day after Johnson's former school, Louisiana State, revealed he had left that program.
Johnson replaces Jim Christian, who moved on to coach Ohio University last week after four seasons mentoring at TCU.
"With our move to the Big 12, he is a perfect fit to lead us into a new era of Horned Frog basketball," Del Conte said of Johnson, who compiled a 67-64 mark in four years as LSU's head coach.
Along with earlier stints Stanford and Nevada, the coach owns a 226-185 career record.
Judge issues gag order in Sandusky case
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., April 9 (UPI) -- The judge presiding over former Penn State assistant football Coach Jerry Sandusky's child abuse case issued a gag order Monday.
Judge John M. Cleland barred prosecutors and Sandusky's defense team from speaking publicly about the case until the man's trial in June, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The gag order also applies to anyone involved in the ongoing investigation and potential witnesses in the trial.
Sandusky was arrested in November on child sex abuse charges after being accused of having sexual relations with young boys.
Prosecutors alleged Sandusky molested 10 boys in a 15-year period.
Sandusky, who has denied the allegations, will be under house arrest while he awaits his June 5 trial on more than 50 counts of child sex abuse.
