MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A federal corruption case involving college basketball assistants alleges Oklahoma State coach Lamont Evans was paid for setting up a meeting between an agent and a Cowboys player last February in Morgantown.
Evans was among four assistant coaches indicted Tuesday, including Auburn’s Chuck Person, USC’s Tony Bland, and Arizona’s Book Richardson. Each coach is facing multiple counts of accepting kickbacks from an Adidas representative and agents in exchange for streering players toward their professional services.
Oklahoma State upset then-No. 7 West Virginia 82-75 on Feb. 4 at the WVU Coliseum, a victory that ultimately helped the Cowboys earn an NCAA at-large bid. The day before, inside a hotel in Morgantown, a cooperating witness from the Justice Department allegedly paid Evans to arrange an introduction with one of OSU’s pro prospects. (The player’s name was redacted from the indictment.)
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