
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 8, 1990                   TAG: 9005080149
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: From Associated Press reports
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

MISSOURI ADMITS SOME ALLEGATIONS

Missouri's boast of being the only Big Eight school never penalized by the NCAA may be in jeopardy.

Coach Norm Stewart, who has directed the basketball program for 23 years, acknowledged at a news conference Monday that some of the 15 allegations in an official NCAA letter of inquiry are true.

"With regard to the specific allegations contained in the letter of inquiry, I cannot comment much other than to say that the allegations are merely allegations. They are not conclusions," Stewart said in a statement.

"Some of the allegations we have already admitted," he said, apparently referring to assistant coach Bob Sundvold, who was suspended temporarily by Missouri after allegedly buying airline tickets for recruit P.J. Mays of Cincinnati.

Stewart was joined at the 25-minute news conference by Chancellor Haskell Monroe and Athletic Director Dick Tamburo, who also issued statements and responded briefly to questions. They refused to answer questions dealing with specific allegations or to speculate on what might happen.

by CNB