Louisville Basketball Program Under Investigation For Hiring Prostitutes For Recruits

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http://www.ibj.com/articles/55155-book-louisville-hired-prostitutes-to-woo-basketball-recruits

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A former head of men's basketball operations at the University of Louisville paid an escort service for four years to provide sex to teenage recruits to help woo the players to join the Cardinals team, according to a book set to be released as soon as Saturday by Indianapolis-based IBJ Book Publishing LLC.

The details of the book, which is based on hundreds of journal entries and thousands of text messages kept by the head of the escort service, have triggered the University of Louisville to launch an internal investigation into its storied men's basketball program. During the years described in the book, the Cardinals went to the Final Four in 2012 and won the national championship in 2013.

The Indianapolis-based NCAA has been told of the internal investigation, according to University of Louisville officials.

Titled "Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen," the book tells the story of Louisville stripper and escort Katina Powell. She claims she was hired repeatedly by former University of Louisville basketball staffer Andre McGee to provide strippers and prostitutes during the campus visits of highly sought high school basketball playersand in some cases their fathersas well as then-current Louisville players. The book names players involved.

McGee, who played for the Cardinals from 2005-2009, was a Louisville graduate assistant for two years before being promoted to director of basketball operations in 2012. McGee left the school in 2014 to take an assistant coaching job for the University of Missouri at Kansas City.

In her book, the 43-year-old Powell said she provided entertainment for 22 parties from 2010 to 2014, many at Billy Minardi Hall, an on-campus dormitory for many Louisville basketball players. The dorm is named after Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino's brother-in-law, who was killed in the 9/11 attacks in New York.

At the parties, a number of womenincluding Powell and three of her daughtersstripped and danced in front of the Louisville recruits and playersas well as performed sex acts with them, said Powell.
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a number of women including Powell and three of her daughters

O lawd
jml2621
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15 sec of fame?
WildcatAg
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I don't believe in any form of cheating at all

-Rick Pitino at his press conference today.
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I don't believe in any form of cheating at all

-Rick Pitino at his press conference today.

When your program is about to get in some deep ****, you tend to day dumb things
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2016 SG Andrew Jones is actually on an official visit to Louisville this weekend. Nice timing!
jml2621
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2016 SG Andrew Jones is actually on an official visit to Louisville this weekend. Nice timing!

He's going to have one boring weekend. State Fair, maybe some ice cream.
Method Man
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#scoreboard
Deputy Travis Junior
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This sounds like the sort of thing coaches would discuss at Steak and Shake. If only we knew someone who'd spent considerable time with college basketball coaches at a Steak and Shake...
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Powell and three of her daughters

Kept it in the family, anyway.
Tango Mike
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This sounds like the sort of thing coaches would discuss at Steak and Shake. If only we knew someone who'd spent considerable time with college basketball coaches at a Steak and Shake...
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Premium board found a picture of the hooer. I'll do you the favor of not posting it here.
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Pitino is really pissed. Strippers and he wasn't invited.
LawHall88
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So what's worse, doing a kid's coursework for him or getting him laid?
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Premium board found a picture of the hooer. I'll do you the favor of not posting it here.


The Indianapolis newspaper that wrote (?) the book tweeted a picture of her. She's definitely a backpage special.
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Whole story seems suspect.
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Whole story seems suspect.
Why? Do you really not think this goes on all over the place for basketball and football? It's recruiting teen-aged boys in men's bodies. The easiest way to their heart ain't through mama.
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Oh, and "oops", you might want to check the legal regulations for the places you write about when you're pimping out your under-aged daughters...

http://www.courier-journal.com/story/sports/college/louisville/2015/10/06/powell-mcgee-face-possible-criminal-probe/73460702/
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Whole story seems suspect.
Why? Do you really not think this goes on all over the place for basketball and football? It's recruiting teen-aged boys in men's bodies. The easiest way to their heart ain't through mama.
Do you think it does go on all over the place?

I understand having on campus student "hosts" and encouraging them to be friendly with recruits and having players take recruits to bars/clubs and introducing them to girls, but straight up hiring prostitutes is on another level entirely.

Pitino seems like a slimeball though and is from the northeast so I wouldn't put it past him, just would hope it isn't very widespread.
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It's very widespread.
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seriously doubt it's that widespread, especially considering the majority of colleges are in smaller cities. That type of stuff would be very difficult to keep under wraps in most college towns.

And most coaches likely are not degenerates like Pitino.
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Recent article and video discussing how this scandal may hurt Louisville's current basketball recruiting efforts.

http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2015-10-06/louisville-scandal-escorts-prostitutes-recruits-rick-pitino

More news coming out today of a player recruited by Lousiville who has confirmed the use of prostitutes.

http://www.cardchronicle.com/2015/10/8/9479709/louisville-basketball-scandal-jaquan-lyle-confirms-ncaa



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Ohio State freshman JaQuan Lyle spoke with an NCAA investigator this week about his recruiting visit to Louisville in June 2013 and confirmed the gist of allegations involving paid escorts during his trip to the school, a source with knowledge of the NCAA's investigation told CBS Sports on Thursday morning.
"He told the truth," the source said.
The allegations were made in a book published last Friday night called "Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen." In it, Katina Powell, a self-described madam, writes that she took four escorts, at the request of former Louisville staff member Andre McGee, to do a "show" for a "new recruit named JaQuan Lyle."

It seems like this story definitely has legs. The NCAA has investigators out there on the street interviewing people and more evidence appears to be coming in verifying the allegations. This could very well result in Louisville ultimately getting some sanctions from the NCAA. Will be something to watch as well to see if Louisvilles 2016 recruiting class appears to suffer as a result.
Ben Diamond
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Pitino isn't any more a scum bag then most coaches.
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It's very widespread.
The 'everybody is doing it' line of defense rarely helps the guy who gets caught.
wacarnolds
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Pitino isn't any more a scum bag then most coaches.
Lol ok.
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This won't end well for Louisville and Pitino, I expect the university will take harsh action against both soon.

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This won't end well for Louisville and Pitino, I expect the university will take harsh action against both soon.

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yeah, sure seems like some harsh penalties are coming. Basketball staff member arranging these parties, and several of those parties even held at an on-campus dormitory location.
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Pitino seems like a slimeball though and is from the northeast so I wouldn't put it past him, just would hope it isn't very widespread.


What in the **** does being from "the northeast" have to do with anything? Do you somehow believe southern and western people are more moral? That's cute
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This is not going to end well.

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Rick Pitino on the radio: Sorry U of L president James Ramsey "didn't think enough to mention me" in release today.

salvatore_ditmars
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curious about the northeast comment as well.
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Pitino seems like a slimeball though and is from the northeast so I wouldn't put it past him, just would hope it isn't very widespread.
What in the **** does being from "the northeast" have to do with anything? Do you somehow believe southern and western people are more moral? That's cute
Just trying to get the yanks on this board to self-identify.
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seems more likely that your comments revealed your own prejudices rather than identifying any yanks on the TAMU hoops board. at least you arent HeffJam82 dumb.
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Pitino is really pissed. Strippers and he wasn't invited.
It's short and simple, but I think this post is hilarious.
Bunk Moreland
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http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/13841658/former-louisville-cardinals-men-basketball-player-says-strippers-visited-dorm-one-two-s

whoever ESPN got to sing makes the situation sound a lot less serious than the allegations.

As usual, the truth will be somewhere between "basically nothing happened' and whatever this stripper/***** is pushing in the book.
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To clarify - I think kids are getting laid on recruiting trips all over the country. Cash payments or favors - call it what you will. It's essentially prostitution.

I also think Petino is an especially bad example. Everyone does it may be true, but that just makes it look worse when you're getting hit for it.
 
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