NCAA board also approved changes to Men's Basketball Recruiting, some of them pretty large ones:

  • Contact is mostly deregulated starting June 15 after a recruit’s sophomore year. Coaches will be allowed to send unlimited text messages, make unlimited phone calls and send unlimited private messages via social media websites.
  • Two weekends in April will be opened up to coaches.
  • July will be trimmed to three four-day periods, as opposed to two 10-day periods
  • Official visits can begin January 1 of a recruit’s junior year, with travel expenses for the recruit and his family being paid for by the school
  • On-campus evaluations during official visits will be permitted
  • Some contact at a recruit’s high school will be permitted beginning during a prospect’s junior year


Read the whole release: Board revamps mens basketball recruiting - NCAA.org