Arizona has suspended men's basketball assistant coach Mark Phelps because of an alleged NCAA rules violation, his attorney told ESPN on Wednesday.
Sources told ESPN that Phelps is accused of a violation regarding former Arizona recruit Shareef O'Neal's academic transcripts. O'Neal, the son of former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal, was committed to the Wildcats in 2017 before signing with UCLA.
O'Neal sat out this season because of a heart condition.
Phelps, in his fourth season on Arizona's staff, denies wrongdoing and has cooperated with university and NCAA investigators, his attorney, Donald Maurice Jackson of Montgomery, Alabama, told ESPN.