Texas A&M; Basketball Draws 2-Year Probation

The Texas A&M; men’s basketball program was put on two years’ probation Monday by the NCAA Committee on Infractions for major violations under former coach Kermit Davis Jr.

Texas A&M;, which was put on probation in 1988 for rules violations, escaped the NCAA’s “death penalty” but will not be eligible for this season’s NCAA tournament and will be limited to two scholarships for the 1992-93 season.

Also, the Aggies can have only eight, instead of the usual 15, expense-paid official visits for the 1992 calendar year. The school apparently was spared the death penalty because of action taken to resolve the matter.

University officials contended that Davis and assistant coach Fletcher Cockrell furnished false or misleading information seven times in the course of a school investigation into the recruitment of Syracuse transfer Tony Scott.

Davis contended Scott fabricated the allegations to get A&M; on probation so he could transfer.