Former Kansas forward Cliff Alexander has shed some light on the NCAA investigation that derailed his freshman season.
In an interview this week with 120Sports.com, Alexander his mother “got tricked into something” when she received impermissible benefits that could have compromised Alexander’s amateur status. When the NCAA opened an investigation into the issue in February, Kansas decided to sideline Alexander, a 6-foot-8 forward from Chicago. He never played for Kansas again and opted to enter the NBA Draft after a tumultuous season.
“My mom got tricked into something she didn’t know what she was doing,” Alexander said, “and we needed money at the time.