A SUNY review of Binghamton University’s athletic department that revealed knowledge and complicity in wrongdoing at all levels of administration — including President Lois DeFleur — also detailed a series of potential NCAA regulatory violations by basketball coaching staff.

The authors of the report outlined four categories of possible wrongdoing in an effort to move away from the mistakes of the past.

TEXT MESSAGES REVEAL ACADEMIC INTERVENTION

The report revealed text message communications between then-player Malik Alvin and assistant coach Marc Hsu. The messages implied that the Hsu was assisting Alvin with homework assignments.

“Yo the paper [is] due 12 noon,” Alvin texted Hsu on May 11, 2009. “I wrote 2 1/2 pages but I need you to reword the part about the book because I got that from the internet.”

Hsu responded, “Ok so send it to me then.”

Alvin texted Hsu further instructions on writing the paper.

“I will send [it] to [Mr. Alvin’s tutor] in the am,” Hsu responded.

According to the report, Hsu said that his role in helping Alvin with schoolwork was not inappropriate. It also implicated Hsu in giving players money for gas and food, as well as helping Alvin pay a fine for criminal activity.

Senior David Fine, who was released from the team last fall, said he never received any money from any coaches or administrators.

“I didn’t receive anything and I can’t speak on behalf of other players because I don’t know their situation,” he said. “I’ve never received a single thing from any coach or any administrator here.”

BROADUS VIOLATES NCAA REGULATIONS

New details were also released on former head coach Kevin Broadus’ involvement in illicit recruiting practices.

The report discussed Broadus’ actions that had already been widely reported, but it also revealed new information about past infractions on NCAA policy.

Last fall, Broadus initially denied allegations that he had contacted potential recruits a day after the NCAA contact period had ended.

According to the report, Broadus and Hsu attended a preparatory school basketball practice in Massachusetts on Oct. 6, 2009.

“Under the NCAA recruiting calendar,” the report stated, “Oct. 6 was the first day of an evaluation period during which the coaches were permitted to attend and watch the practice but were not permitted to have contact with the recruits.”

Broadus admitted wrongdoing only after FOX Sports reporters interviewed players who said Broadus spoke directly with them, expressing his interest in having them attend BU. Even then he said he did not realize the permissible contact period had passed.

He was placed on an indefinite paid leave of absence the following week.

BU filed a self-report to the NCAA, requesting that the incident be listed as a Level I secondary violation, the section of NCAA bylaws that covers recruiting infractions. The report concluded that BU took sufficient action in this case and that no further investigation was necessary.

But that was not the extent of the recruiting infractions.

FURTHER BREACHES OF RECRUITING REGULATIONS

David Eagan, the associate director of athletics for compliance at BU, conducted a review of 2008-09 recruiting practices for all athletic programs, according to the report.

Eagan found that three BU basketball coaches, including Broadus, contacted potential players on at least seven separate occasions. All seven constituted violations of NCAA statutes.

The BU report found that Broadus sent two prohibited text messages and made one prohibited phone call. According to the SUNY investigation, BU’s report also found that “Coach [Julius] Allen sent one prohibited text message … and … Coach [Donald] Anderson made three prohibited telephone calls.”

All except one of these contacts were made in 2008, which means that Broadus’ prohibited contact on Oct. 6, 2009, was only one of many prohibited contacts made by him or his coaching staff.

BU took action in this case, according to the SUNY report, “including a letter of reprimand to Coach Broadus and prohibition of any further off-campus recruiting by him through Oct. 31, 2009 … and the institution of a requirement that the director of compliance provide advance approval for all recruiting trips.”

The report’s authors concluded that Eagan’s response was strong enough that further investigation was not required.

They noted, however, that BU’s self-report only covered communications reflected in BU’s telephone records. Due to apparent discrepancies in the coaches’ accounts of their wrongdoings and BU records, the report’s authors suspected “that coaches may in some instances have reported communications made on telephones not belonging to the University.”

MAYBEN’S ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE SCHOLARSHIP REFUND

When BU decided to release then-basketball player Emanuel “Tiki” Mayben from campus housing after his arrest in Troy, Mayben sought a refund on part of his scholarship that paid for housing. Eagan consulted the America East Conference and concluded that the refund could not be paid.

Assistant coach Anderson contacted Eagan to ask why the refund could not be made, and said he understood when Eagan told him the refund would violate NCAA bylaws and could not be made.

According to the report, Mayben sent a text message to Anderson several days later. It read: “Between Me [a]n[d] U… I got my refund for housing.”

The report indicated that Anderson did not notify Eagan or anyone else because Anderson “did not view it as his business to involve himself, notwithstanding the fact that he had approached Mr. Eagan previously to discuss the matter and advocate on Mr. Mayben’s behalf.”

The report’s authors alerted Eagen of Mayben’s text message. Ten days later, Mayben signed an agreement with Student Accounts to return the amount he was improperly refunded.

BU filed a self-report with the NCAA regarding the accidental refund of Mayben’s scholarship.