You will get a complete Shonda Rhimes particular out of head coach Greg Heiar’s first 12 months accountable for New Mexico State’s basketball program. It might even be short-lived. Earlier than the season started, assistant coach Edmond Pryor was arrested and charged with forgery (Pryor has claimed he’s harmless of the costs). Three months after the aforementioned capturing at UNM, New Mexico State was embroiled in one other scandal that price Heiar his job.

In accordance with a police report, on Feb. 6 three unnamed gamers held one other teammate down, “eliminated his clothes exposing his buttocks, started to slap his (buttocks),” and described how in addition they touched his scrotum. The incident prompted the participant to return ahead, but in addition was merely one in every of many sexual assaults involving bodily and sexual touching that he had been subjected to in locker rooms and street journeys for the reason that faculty 12 months started.