The Auburn men's basketball program reportedly self-imposed severe sanctions from Sept. 2017–April 2018 which were kept quiet until now, according to AL.com's Sam Blum. During that time, the Tigers did conduct any recruiting, according to the report. While the sanctions only mandated restricted recruiting efforts, no visits, contacts, phone calls or evaluations at all were made during that span, the university's athletics department told AL.com.
The decision to self-impose such sanctions was made in light of Auburn assistant Chuck Person's Sept. 2017 arrest in connection with the FBI's investigation into the college corruption and fraud scheme.