By Fitzgerald Cecilio

UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero has admitted that two of its players have yet to receive amateurism certification from the NCAA even as he described reports of an investigation into Bruins basketball players "misleading and inaccurate".

"Recently, there have been misleading and inaccurate public reports regarding the initial-eligibility certification of our men's basketball team's incoming class," Guerrero said in a statement. "Currently, there are two men's basketball student-athletes who have not yet received final amateurism certification from the NCAA."

Reports have it that the NCAA was looking into the eligibility of freshmen Kyle Anderson and Tony Parker as well as the previously confirmed investigation into Shabazz Muhammad. All three are part of a recruiting class ranked No. 1 in the nation.

A source told ESPN.com that the two who have not yet been cleared are Muhammad and Anderson while Parker was cleared. There are no further details on the nature of the inquiries into Parker and Anderson.

The NCAA has launched an investigation to determine whether Muhammad received improper benefits during his recruitment. Because of that investigation, Muhammad was not cleared to go on UCLA's three-game exhibition trip to China last month and he did not participate in practices leading up to the trip.

The source said Anderson and Parker were cleared to participate in the China games and both joined the team on the Aug. 22-29 trip. Anderson saw action in all three games but Parker was sidelined with a hamstring injury he suffered during the practice.

The university said it will have no further response to the reports so as not to put privacy of student-athletes in danger.

"UCLA will not, and cannot, endanger the privacy of our student-athletes or the confidentiality of the process by providing a more specific response at this time to these reports," UCLA said in a statement.

 

 

UCLA Reports Two Basketball Players Lack NCAA Amateur Certification