UCLA basketball players LiAngelo Ball, Cody Riley and Jalen Hill are scheduled to deliver statements to the media at 11 a.m. Wednesday at a news conference at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion, home of Bruins basketball. UCLA coach Steve Alford and athletic director Dan Guerrero are also expected to speak with reporters. No questions to the players will be allowed.
The three, who allegedly shoplifted items while the team was in China last week, could be disciplined by the school, but it is unknown if an announcement on that will be made Wednesday.
It was not clear whether the resolution of the case in China came as a result of insufficient evidence or a negotiated deal involving President Trump, who intervened on the players' behalf last week with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.