New Mexico State suspends males’s basketball program ’till additional discover’ amid unspecified allegations

New Mexico State introduced Friday that it’s suspending the operations of its males’s basketball staff “till additional discover.” The choice comes after college personnel had been “knowledgeable of recent allegations” separate from an earlier lethal taking pictures involving an NMSU participant as a part of what has been a tumultuous season off the court docket for first-year coach Greg Heiar.

In November, a New Mexico State participant was hospitalized after a taking pictures on New Mexico’s campus within the early morning hours earlier than the in-state rivals had been scheduled to play. The participant, Mike Peake, was hospitalized after which suspended for his function within the incident, which left a New Mexico scholar lifeless.

Nevertheless, the college’s assertion famous that the brand new allegations are “separate from the occasions that passed off in Albuquerque late final yr.” The brand new allegations contain “potential violations of college coverage,” in keeping with NMSU’s assertion.

“Whereas these allegations are being investigated, the lads’s basketball teaching employees has been positioned on paid administrative depart,” the assertion mentioned. “The sport scheduled for Saturday towards California Baptist won’t be performed.”

The Aggies are 9-15 and 2-10 within the WAC after ending final season 27-7 and beating No. 5 seed UConn in a first-round NCAA Event recreation. Following final season, coach Chris Jans left for Mississippi State and the varsity employed Heiar from Northwest Florida State, an influence within the junior school ranks. Heiar beforehand labored as an assistant at ETSU, LSU, Wichita State and Southern Miss.

New Mexico State’s Board of Regents launched a press release saying it helps this system’s suspension “and is assured a full and thorough investigation will probably be carried out.”