Though Tennessee agrees with most of the dozen allegations made against it by the NCAA, the university argued in its response that some of the violations should be considered secondary instead of major. The university also said it tried to do a better job monitoring the recruiting phone calls that got it into trouble. In the response filed May 20 and released recently to the media, the school says it considers the basketball staff's impermissible off-campus contact -- or violation of the NCAA's "bump rule" -- a secondary violation. The violation in question happened Sept. 14 when then-coach Bruce Pearl and associate head coach Tony Jones were approached by Jordan Adams, a junior at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Va. The coaches were there for a permissible meeting with senior Ben McLemore and observe, but not speak with, Adams and fellow junior Damien Wilson. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/6808868/tennessee-considers-some-violations-secondary
