Car Owned By Harrick Sold To Older Sister Of Ucla Recruit Davis

A car owned by UCLA basketball coach Jim Harrick was sold to a woman two days after her brother verbally committed to play for the Bruins, it was reported Tuesday.

UCLA athletic director Peter Dalis told the Los Angeles Times that although the car was registered to Harrick, it was Harrick’s son, Glenn, who sold the car to Lisa Hodoh Sept. 20.

The transaction is a possible NCAA violation. NCAA rules prohibit financial aid or other benefits to the recruit or the recruits’ relatives or friends by any “institution’s staff member or any representative of its athletics interests.”

Hodoh’s younger brother, Baron Davis, is a 6-foot-1 point guard who recently began his senior year at Santa Monica Crossroads High School. He was considered one of the top 30 prep players in the country, but after a strong performance at the Nike Camp in July, he was rated the top prep point guard in the nation and a top-10 prospect.

In addition to UCLA, Davis was considering Duke and Kansas, but canceled visits to both schools when he committed to the Bruins.

Dalis and Hodoh said the vehicle was sold for $5,000, but the Kelley Blue Book lists the retail value of that model of the car, factoring out mileage, at $12,750.

Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson’s application to operate an airport slot machine concession in Las Vegas, Nev., remains active despite earlier statements that he would withdraw his bid for a state gaming license.

Thompson is scheduled to go before state gaming regulators today to be licensed as vice president of a company that operates the lucrative concession at the Las Vegas airport.

Thompson, who said in March that he was withdrawing the application amid opposition from the university and the NCAA, never asked Nevada authorities to stop their investigation of his suitability to hold a gaming license.