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With its football program already under an NCAA probe, the University of Tennessee is facing an investigation into its men’s basketball program.

NCAA representatives are checking, in part, excessive telephone calls and the use of unauthorized phones to contact recruits, sources told ESPN.com Thursday.

Tennessee was also among the finalists for Kansas freshman Josh Selby, whose eligibility is under review by the NCAA.

We’d already heard rumors about the NCAA sniffing into Tennessee’s recruitment of Kansas point guard Josh Selby, and it now appears that there is some fire behind the smoke. According to several reports, the NCAA is investigating allegations of excessive phone calls and the use of unauthorized phones by UT staff, which could potentially land the Vol program in just as much hot water as its current football team faces. Is it just us, or could it be that the long-awaited cleansing of college basketball’s seamy side appears to be taking hold? We know that the NCAA has hired a considerable amount of new personnel for basketball investigations in recent years…could those investments actually begin paying off soon?

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The NCAA has already met with Volunteers head coach Bruce Pearl and associate head coach Tony Jones, sources said.

Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton said via text message he “would not comment on any issues in this case until an NCAA letter of inquiry is received.”

The university has yet to receive a letter of inquiry regarding its basketball or football teams, but Hamilton said recently he expected one for football.

The football team has acknowledged it committed six secondary violations during Lane Kiffin’s year as coach. Last month sources told ESPN.com that the NCAA has widened its scope beyond the reported appearances of hostesses at high school football games.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5552505

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i just saw on the press conference..
tennessee athletic director says he will take 1 million dollars out of his annual salary for 5 years for lying…

[RUDEBOY_Participant]

i just saw on the press conference..
tennessee athletic director says he will take 1 million dollars out of his annual salary for 5 years for lying…

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