University of Cincinnati basketball coach Bob Huggins said he first learned of the statutory rape charge against UC recruit Tyree Evans on Tuesday night after assistant athletic director Tom Hathaway was contacted by a newspaper reporter seeking a comment from a school official.
Evans, a 6-foot-3 guard from Richmond, Va., is one of five current or former members of the Winchendon (Mass.) School basketball team who are facing charges in connection with an alleged incident last fall at the prep school.
"We are shocked about it," Huggins said Wednesday from Chicago, where he and associate head coach Andy Kennedy were watching UC graduate Jason Maxiell compete in the NBA pre-draft camp.
"When we found out (Tuesday), we were dumbfounded. We started calling around trying to find out what's going on. If this happened, he'll never set foot on our campus."
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