Word: blakeney
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...whom he has built personal relationships. For his part, Wade insisted that recruiting remains in capable hands.“Coach Amaker is a tremendous recruiter,” Wade said. “He’s going to carry the torch recruiting-wise—Coach [Kenny] Blakeney does a tremendous job, and whoever else they hire will do a great job. In a lot of ways, Harvard sells itself.”Several players agreed with Wade, saying that his departure will not impact next season’s recruiting class.“We have...
...League announced yesterday that it has cleared men’s basketball head coach Tommy Amaker and assistant coach Kenny Blakeney of any wrongdoing after an investigation of allegations raised in a New York Times article...
...March article had accused Amaker of improper contact with a recruit who eventually committed to Penn, guard Zach Rosen, and claimed that Blakeney had recruited Crimson freshmen Max Kenyi and Keith Wright before he was employed by the school, which would have been a violation of NCAA rules...
...recounted stories of Amaker’s relentless tactics—such as approaching a potential recruit’s father in a grocery store—which indicate an over-aggressive approach that reflects poorly on the University. The actions of Amaker’s top assistant, Kenny Blakeney, who, right before being officially hired by Harvard, crossed state lines to play basketball with a recruit, seem to violate the spirit if not the letter of NCAA rules. While the results of the NCAA’s and Harvard’s investigations into the matters cannot be predicted...
...York Times about possible recruiting violations made by the Harvard men’s basketball program under head coach Tommy Amaker wasn’t the implication of a new, dodgy admissions policy. It wasn’t the allegation of unethical conduct by current assistant coach Kenny Blakeney. It wasn’t the story about Amaker accidentally on purpose running into the parents of a recruit in a New Jersey supermarket.It was right there in Thamel’s opening line: “Harvard has never won an Ivy League title in men’s basketball...