Report: NCAA Enforcement Staff Has Looked Into LSU's Will Wade's Recruiting Tactics

[Yahoo] - Members of the NCAA enforcement staff have spent parts of the past six months looking into the recruiting tactics of LSU coach Will Wade, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the situation.

NCAA enforcement officials have done work both on the phone and in person to look into Wade, including traveling around the country, to learn more about his recruiting.

The NCAA’s scrutiny of Wade began not long after his hire at LSU in March, but the inquiry has stalled because of a lack of on-the-record specifics about Wade’s recruiting, according to a source. The NCAA’s information gathering has covered part of his time as head coach at VCU, according to a source. Wade’s early recruiting activity at LSU prompted the NCAA enforcement interest, according to a source.

The NCAA interest appears to be in its exploratory and information-gathering stages, according to sources.

“After talking to my staff we have had no contact from the NCAA regarding any irregularities,” LSU athletic director Joe Alleva told Yahoo Sports on Sunday.

Well, here’s just another story in an absolutely WILD weekend in college basketball. This is another one from Yahoo, who this time is discussing LSU and Will Wade. It may not be a coincidence that this story is coming out while LSU has a top-5 recruiting class at the moment for next season, including Naz Reid, Ja’Vonte Smart, Darius Days and Emmitt Williams. Days is the lowest ranked recruit at No. 54 in the country while Reid is the highest at No. 18.

Now, this has 0 to do with the FBI investigation. This is something completely different, so don’t try to tie this to what’s currently going on. This is simply the NCAA enforcement officials looking into what Wade is doing and how he recruits. This is something that needs to be changed. One can only help in the near future this isn’t a thing as the NCAA will be figuring out a new system.

This is Wade’s first season at LSU, where he currently has a 16-12 record. He spent the previous two seasons at VCU and prior to that two seasons at Chattanooga.