Missouri's recent transfer might turn out to be null and void.

According to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri apparently violated NCAA rules while recruiting Jason Conley, college basketball's 2002 scoring leader.

Double Take?

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch also reported Friday that Missouri coach Quin Snyder and assistant coach Lane Odom were "quietly disciplined" two months ago for violating NCAA rules concerning calls to recruits, the same violation the pair could be facing with transfer Jason Conley. According to records obtained by the newspaper, the Post-Dispatch reported that Missouri filed a report to the NCAA on Feb. 6 that stated Odom had violated the rule five times. The rule limits coaches to calling recruits once a week, but records obtained by the newspaper showed that Odom made more than 50 calls to Ricky Clemons between January and April of 2002. Clemons, then sophomore at the College of Southern Idaho, committed to play for the Tigers April 11 and helped Missouri advance to the second round of this year's NCAA Tournament this year. The school told the NCAA that it discovered the violations Jan. 30, and Missouri suspended Odom from recruiting for five weeks. Snyder, who also made calls to Clemons during that time, was disciplined for three weeks. Missouri faculty athletics representative Carl Settergren noted Snyder's "lack of oversight to ensure appropriate record keeping for the men's basketball logs" in a letter to the NCAA. According to the report, Snyder, Odom and Clemons' names were blackened out in records provided to the newspaper by the school, but each was identifiable by descriptions of their activities. -- ESPN.com news services

Citing phone records obtained through public records laws, the newspaper reported that before Conley left Virginia Military Institute two months ago to transfer to Missouri, members of Mizzou's basketball staff calls Conley's mother's cell and office phones at least six times. According to the documents, these calls occurred before Conley told VMI he wanted a release to talk to other schools.

If the NCAA or Missouri officials confirm that coaches talked with Conley or his mother, Karyne Conley, before Jan. 4, it will be in violation of NCAA rules against tampering with other schools' players. According to the report, the ramifications could affect Conley, next year's Missouri basketball team and the university.

Missouri was the first school to call after VMI released Jason Conley on Jan. 4, his mother told the media. And by the time other coaches heard Conley was released, he had already visited Missouri and became a Tiger five days later.

"If, in fact, (the calls) were made, that's a violation and Missouri should be held accountable for it," VMI athletics director Donny White told the newspaper.

Meanwhile, Missouri athletic director Mike Alden told the newspaper Wednesday that he didn't know about the phone calls but that the school "will absolutely look into that."

According to the documents obtained by the Post-Dispatch, these were the calls to Karyne Conley's cell phone or office phone: