Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, November 10, 1993 TAG: 9311100120
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B2 EDITION: STATE
SOURCE: Staff reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Director of athletics Ron Wellman said the school has declared Ndiaye ineligible and requested restoration of his eligibility by the NCAA.
"If a violation is reported, it is the responsibility of the institution to declare the recruit ineligible," Wellman said. "But the institution also has the opportunity to petition for immediate restoration of eligibility. And we have done that."
Ndiaye is a 6-foot-8, 240-pound center from Dakar, Senegal, who played last season at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson.
Wellman says the school reported what might have been a secondary violation. He told the Winston-Salem Journal it's up to the NCAA to determine whether it was a violation.
In late September, Wake Forest submitted a report to the NCAA. The report came from the school's 10-month investigation into Ndiaye's recruitment. Before Monday night's announcement, no one from the university had acknowledged a violation.
Janet Justus of the NCAA eligibility committee said she did not know the severity or the nature of the violation acknowledged by Wake Forest. She said she was not sure when the question of Ndiaye's eligibility would be resolved.
It has been alleged that Wake Forest promised to provide Ndiaye with money, clothes, lodging and a job during his year at Oak Hill in Grayson County.
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke's basketball coach, will the featured speaker tonight at the inaugural Virginia Tech Tipoff Basketball Banquet.
The dinner, sponsored by the National Bank of Blacksburg, will begin at 7 p.m. following a reception at 6 p.m. A sellout crowd of more than 300 is expected at the German Club on Tech's campus.
Clemson center Sharone Wright had surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee, but he is expected to be ready for the start of basketball season on Nov. 29, the school announced.
Wright, who finished second in the nation in blocked shots last season, suffered the injury during practice Friday. The cartilage tear was revealed in an examination Monday.
by CNB