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KANSAS JAYHAWKS RECRUITING

NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Recruiting Calendar


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​NCAA Recruiting Guide (updated for 2016-17)
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TERMS TO KNOW FOR RECRUITING


Contact occurs any time a coach has any face-to-face contact with a prospective student-athlete or the prospect’s parents off the college’s campus and says more than hello. A contact also occurs if a coach has any contact with the prospective student-athlete or his or her parents at the prospective student-athlete’s high school or any location where the prospect is engaging in competition or practice.

Recruiting period is the time when a college coach may have in-person contact with a prospective student-athlete and the prospect’s parents on or off the college’s campus. The coach may also watch the prospective student-athlete play or visit his or her high school. The prospect and the parents may visit a college campus, and the coach may write and telephone during this period.

Dead period is a time when the college coach may not have any in-person contact with the prospective student-athlete or the prospect’s parents at any time. The coach may write and telephone during this time.

Evaluation is an activity by a coach to evaluate a prospective student-athlete’s academic or athletics ability. This would include visiting the prospective student-athlete’s high school or watching the prospect practice or compete.

Evaluation period is the time a college coach may watch a prospective student-athlete play or visit the high school but cannot have any in-person conversations with the possible recruit or the parents off the college’s campus. The prospective student-athlete and the parents can visit a college campus during this period and a coach may call or write during this period.

Quiet period is a time when the college may not have any in-person talk with the prospective student-athlete or the parents off the college’s campus. The coach may not watch the prospect play or practice.The prospective student-athlete can visit college campuses during this time and a coach may write or telephone.
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Before an official visit, a prospect must submit transcripts and test scores to the compliance office and register with the @NCAA_EC
@jayhawkcomply


NCAA Bylaw 11.4.2:
“In men’s basketball, during a two-year period before a prospective student-athlete’s anticipated enrollment and a two-year period after the prospective student-athlete’s actual enrollment, an institution shall not employ (or enter into a contract for future employment with) an individual associated with the prospective student-athlete in any athletics department noncoaching staff position.”

It goes on to say:  ”If an institution hires an IAWP [individual associated with a prospect] for a noncoaching staff position within two years on either side of enrollment, involved S/A will be permanently ineligible for competition at offending institution.”
NCAA DI Manual pdf


13.6.2.6 Number of Official Visits—Institutional Limitation.
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The total number of official visits a member institution may provide prospective student-athletes in the following sports on an annual basis (August 1through July 31) shall be limited to: (Revised: 11/12/97)
(a) Football—56.
(Revised: 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)
(b) Basketball—12.
(Revised: 1/11/89, 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94)
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/D111.pdf


New Academic Standards
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Prospects enrolling in college on or after August 1, 2016 are subject to the above initial eligibility standards
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What is the National Letter of Intent (NLI)?

The NLI is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an NLI member institution
  • A prospective student-athlete agrees to attend the institution full-time for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters).
  • The institution agrees to provide athletics financial aid for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters).


Basic penalty for not fulfilling the NLI agreement:  A student-athlete has to serve one year in residence (full-time, two semesters or three quarters) at the next NLI member institution and lose one season of competition in all sports.
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