2001 Telephone Conference No. 24
December 19, 2001

Acting for the Division I Management Council, the Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations issued the following interpretation:

Telephone Calls/Official Visits/Men's Basketball

Telephone Calls Before Official Visit -- Men's Basketball. It is permissible for an institution's coaching staff member to make unlimited telephone calls to a men's basketball prospect during the five days before the prospect's official visit that occurs during the prospect's junior year in high school. [References: NCAA Bylaws 13.1.3.1 (time period for telephone calls -- general rule), 13.1.3.1.2 (exception -- basketball), 13.1.3.3.1 (official-visit exception), and NCAA Proposal No. 01-52-2 (recruiting -- men's basketball l -- official visits, contacts, telephone calls).]