| | PHILADELPHIA -- Temple center Kevin Lyde was suspended
Friday while the university investigates possible NCAA rules
violations.
At issue is whether Lyde's family or his AAU coach paid for a
high school summer course he took in 1997.
"Immediately upon receiving a phone call from a Washington Post
reporter early Thursday evening, March 2, Temple began an
investigation," athletics director Dave O'Brien said Friday in a
statement. "We immediately reached out to the NCAA and the
Atlantic 10 Conference, and have engaged an outside law firm
specializing in NCAA matters to get all the facts and put this
matter to rest."
The school said Lyde would miss Saturday's game against George Washington, the regular-season finale for No. 5 Temple
Lyde, a native of Washington, D.C., came to Temple as a freshman in 1998 out of Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. He has started 24 games this season for Temple (22-5).
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