Roman Banks puts Texas A&M on hold for NCAA

HEAD COACH ROMAN BANKS
COURTESY SOUTHERN UNIVERISTY ATHLETICS

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  -- Southern men’s basketball coach Roman Banks has put his dialogue with Texas A&M on the back burner for a few days.

Aggies head coach Billy Kennedy spoke with Banks twice last week about possibly joining Kennedy’s staff as the top assistant. But Banks said a two-day visit to Southern from NCAA officials that began Monday has taken priority.

Banks was among approximately two dozen Jaguars officials who were standing by in case the NCAA wanted to visit with them as it the university’s process for reporting student-athletes’ academic progress.

Once the NCAA visit is complete, Banks plans to visit with Southern Athletic Director William Broussard and Chancellor James Llorens before resuming talks with Kennedy, with whom Banks worked for two seasons as Southeastern Louisiana.

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