top recruiting classes for the upcoming season, headlined by one-and-done prospect Cade Cunningham. “The NCAA agreed with OSU that Lamont Evans acted alone and for his own personal gain,” the school said. “The NCAA appears to have made an arbitrary decision in the sanctions applied to the institution for the egregious actions committed by a former coach that did not result in any benefit for the university.” Evans received a 10-year show-cause order in the case tied to the federal corruption investigation into college basketball, which became public in fall 2017.
While Oklahoma State received a notice of allegations last year, South Carolina said in February that it had received one tied to Evans, who spent four seasons under Frank Martin.