Documents obtained by ESPN.com via a Freedom of Information Act request show that the University of Tennessee self-reported several NCAA violations involving its men's basketball team, including nearly 100 impermissible phone calls to various recruits. The violations, which cover a period of two years, were discovered after the university submitted phone records to the NCAA basketball focus group at the group's request and involved 10 different recruits. One document reveals that associate head coach Tony Jones made 39 impermissible phone calls and Bruce Pearl made five more to one recruit alone. That athlete is currently on the Tennessee roster. In addition to the phone calls, the university admitted that assistant coach Jason Shay approved lodging expenses for the parents of three recruits, who were en route to Knoxville for official visits, and that those three recruits each were allowed visits that extended beyond the NCAA mandate of 48 hours. More on the story here
