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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 3003954, member: 10"] [URL="https://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-sp-uconn-basketball-ollie-sanctions-20190118-20190120-6omighhcjbaj7e6g3egs4tc7x4-story.html"]Five things we learned from UConn’s response to the NCAA and its self-imposed sanctions - Hartford Courant[/URL] If Ollie lied like this, boy it makes him look ridiculous. [I]A FaceTime call from Ollie to ex-UConn players Ray Allen and Rudy Gay while in the presence of a recruit has been one of the more notable issues during the investigation. In addition to the calls being an NCAA violation, it has been alleged that Ollie provided false or misleading information regarding the calls, which is considered the most serious type of offense: a level one violation. The calls took place at Ollie’s house during a team event using the iPad of Ollie’s special assistant Larib Omara-Otunnu. She, assistant coach Glenn Miller and the unnamed recruit all stated the calls were prearranged, and UConn wrote that Omara-Otunnu’s iPad was used “presumably to avoid the calls appearing in the records of his institutional iPhone...” which the compliance office could have noticed. Ollie stated that Allen initiated the call to Ollie to wish him a “Merry Christmas” and that the phone was passed around, including to the recruit, to wish everybody the same greeting. “No witnesses corroborated Ollie’s account, and no explanation was offered as to why Allen would supposedly place a holiday call to Ollie via Omara-Otunnu’s iPad.” UConn wrote, adding that Ollie denied there was a call to Gay.[/I] [/QUOTE]

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