The Arizona Board of Regents, which met behind closed doors Wednesday afternoon to discuss the federal investigation into the University of Arizona basketball program, took no public action following the executive session.
The board that oversees the state's three universities met in private to receive legal advice about the investigation after longtime assistant UA coach Emanuel "Book" Richardson was arrested Tuesday on charges of bribery and fraud.
Regents came out of executive session and resumed the public portion of their meeting without making any statements or taking any action. Officials cannot discuss what took place in executive session, but must vote on any action in public.
The item was added to the ABOR agenda Tuesday at noon, hours after the news broke of UA's involvement in the federal corruption investigation into bribes involving college coaches, sports agents and student recruits.
The closed-door executive session agenda featured several other entries and was scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. today and continue again Thursday morning, if not completed.
Richardson is accused of taking $20,000 in bribes last summer and paying an unnamed recruit to commit to Arizona. It was part of a scheme in which three other college assistant coaches โ USCโs Tony Bland, Auburnโs Chuck Person and Oklahoma Stateโs Lamont Evans โ have also been implicated.ย
Richardson is facing a maximum of 60 years in prison and $1.5 million in restitution if convicted of all charges.
