MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A federal corruption case involving college basketball assistants alleges Oklahoma State coach Lamont Evans was paid for setting up a meeting between an agent and a Cowboys player last February in Morgantown.
Evans was among four assistants indicted Tuesday, along with Auburn’s Chuck Person, USC’s Tony Bland and Arizona’s Book Richardson. Each coach faces multiple counts of accepting kickbacks from an Adidas representative and agents in exchange for steering players toward their professional services.
Oklahoma State upset then-No. 7 West Virginia 82-75 on Feb. 4 at the WVU Coliseum, a victory that ultimately helped the Cowboys earn an NCAA at-large bid.