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Report: Will Wade Notified He Will Be Subpoenaed In Federal Hoops Corruption Trial

by TD Staff Reporter

February 25, 201945 Comments

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

Yahoo Sports is reporting that LSU head coach Will Wade and Arizona head coach Sean Miller have both been notified that they will be subpoenaed for the April 22 federal basketball corruption trial.

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The impending subpoenas mark a potentially dynamic development in the college basketball corruption case. It creates the potential of two high-profile head coaches testifying in federal court about the granular detail of the recruiting underworld – something that never manifested in the initial federal trial last fall. It raises thorny questions for the public universities that employ them, as both the optics of potentially testifying in federal court about basketball recruiting and potential answers that could be given under oath will be a likely cause of consternation for Arizona and LSU administrators.

Shortly after this report came out, Wade addressed the media for his weekly Monday press conference. Here's what he had to say:

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Genestealer55

And Calipari, Williams, Coach K etc have to answer to nothing...seems fair lol

Reply•57 months

fknbleedpurplengold

Said this months ago and will say it again...Nothing to see here. Zzz...

Reply•57 months

dustytiger123

The system is fine as long as its the predictable schools doing it. When the entire system catches on and makes the system unpredictable is when they want to call foul and do a reset to keep the top programs on top..

Reply•57 months

lsutigermall

Come on guys - paraphrasing but he was recruiting through normal channels and said something to the effect of 'we'll get him what he needs'. The kid never even came here and most think this means a guaranteed full scholarship. Don't contribute to the craziness and blow this out of proportion - it's who he was talking to that got in to trouble and they need to know more about this stuff. We should all want to know more about this stuff.

Reply•57 months

jlc05

Is a Duke or UNC grad behind this?

Reply•57 months

jlc05

Is a Duke or UNC grad behind this?

Reply•57 months

TOKEN

Treat the Feds like mushrooms, keep them in the dark and feed them shite coach

Reply•57 months

JabarkusRussell

It's obvious his success this year is from buying players.

Reply•57 months

winkchance

Duh

57 months

winkchance

Several of his best players are home grown.

57 months

TigerSpray

gamblers and sec got screwed with the Tennessee loss. Mafia is out in full force.

Reply•57 months

Swamp Angel

Don't fret yet. He's only been subpoenaed to testify regarding the issue. There is nothing indicating that LSU (or Arizona) is being questioned in order to lead to an indictment of either program. As of now, it sounds like they are more interested in his input on the matter as it relates to college sports as a whole.

Reply•57 months

honeybadger07

Wishful thinking unfortunately

57 months

AU4real35

He gone!

Reply•57 months

Genestealer55

You jelly

57 months

cypresstiger

Need to start a gofundme to get lawyers and protect Coach Wade with the very best. Go Tigers

Reply•57 months

FournetteForEver7

Do you really think that LSU wont get the best lawyers for their coach?

57 months

cypresstiger

Fournette: Alleva is the AD Go Tigers

57 months

CanebreakCajun

if he did something wrong he would be charged. he has not. don't sweat it

57 months

lsuohiofan

North Carolina has been nailed on numerous violations. Classes just for players that no one else went to. Yet no NCAA penalties. This is nothing!

Reply•57 months

the paradigm

The difference is that UNC is a traditional power and is legit year-in and year-out. LSU is just an average program, yet suddenly starts landing top recruits as soon as Wade arrives. It's obviously going to set off some alarms.

57 months

ChanBenoit

I didn't realize Wade recruited Ben Simmons and Jarell Martin.

57 months

arcalades

well, that was an NCAA deal. This is a federal govt deal, although Wade's involvement will be next to meaningless. No way his lawyer lets him talk about anything that could be used against him.

57 months

Tigeralum2008

It's importnat to remind the readers Will Wade does not stand accused of anything. It is simply being called to testify

Reply•57 months

GeauxLSUBengalTigers

Actually he is.

57 months

TigerIT

Which is what, exactly? Don't worry, I'll wait.

57 months

General Jubal Early

Correct. Wade will receive a subpoena and "may be asked to testify." This is standard operating procedure for a court case. Wade would not be subpoenaed were he an investigative target. This is not hard, people. Focus.

57 months

Eriq Killmonger

This is the equivalent of going after Syracuse or Rutgers in football while overlooking Bama and tOSU

Reply•57 months

HueyP

Incredible Timing.

Reply•57 months

lsu13lsu

Fif!

Reply•57 months

BTRtoIAH

What? Hun, Oil...Who said something bout oil...bitch you cookin?

57 months

Norbert

Witch hunt! Sad!

Reply•57 months

rob62

Oh yes. Let's question LSU and Arizona about corruption in basketball. No Duke. No UK. No Kansas. No UNC. LOL.

Reply•57 months

the paradigm

Those teams are all traditional powers that land top recruits every year. LSU is just an average program that all of the sudden started landing premier recruits once Wade arrived. That's what set the alarms off.

57 months

Genestealer55

Hey paradigm...LSU has been bringing in bog time talent for a long long time. Hell...Rudy Macklin in the late 70’s was Mr Basketball in Kentucky..yet he picked LSU.

57 months

honeybadger07

Genestealer...do we need to say why Macklin chose LSU? Same as why Shaq picked LSU and has recently made slight comments on it in jest.

57 months

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tigersaint74

If only this kind of time and effort would be put into college football too.

Reply•57 months

Swamp Angel

Screw sports! The Federal Govt ought to be investing this kind of time and effort into their OWN DAMNED corruption! What in the hell does Washington have to do with collegiate sports? Shit! Look at all the wars we're involved in that have NOTHING to do with our actual national security? (Maybe it's time for college athletic departments to investigate the federal government!)

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