The Ohio State basketball program was reportedly hit with NCAA violations – albeit minor violations – during a recruiting weekend in September. According to a report from The Lantern, the Buckeye basketball program self-reported violations stemming from a Sept. 9 incident in which multiple recruits visited the set of College GameDay and met with former Ohio State athletes Eddie George and Kirk Herbstreit. The same day, the football program also self-reported the same violation in regards to then-target Micah Parsons. The basketball program, however, didn’t give itself as harsh of a punishment according to the report, which resulted in the NCAA coming down slightly harder on Ohio State hoops. From The Lantern: The self-imposed punishments were not harsh enough for the NCAA, which added three additional sanctions including one that made the three recruits temporarily ineligible and required Ohio State to apply for reinstatement in order them to play for…
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