College Basketball: Williams Suspended for Two Games

Texas A&M’s men’s basketball head coach, Buzz Williams, will serve a two game suspension for multiple NCAA infractions.

Williams had impermissible contact with a prospect during an evaluation period. An Aggie assistant coach violated NCAA rules when he observed a prospect participating in an open gym during an unofficial visit and later conducted two 45-minute tryouts with that prospect, during which he provided coaching instruction.

The NCAA levied the following penalties:

  • Two years of probation.
  • A $5,000 fine.
  • A reduction in men’s basketball official visits for the 2021-22 academic year by five.
  • A suspension of unofficial visits during the first three Southeastern Conference men’s basketball games during the 2021-22 academic year.
  • A reduction in men’s basketball recruiting days by 5% (7 days out of 130) during the 2021-22 academic year.
  • A two-game suspension (during the regular season) for the head coach at Texas A&M or any school that employs him.
  • A suspension of the assistant coach, self-imposed by the university, June 2020 through the end of the 2020-21 basketball season. During that suspension, the program operated with one fewer assistant coach than allowed under NCAA rules.

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