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Duke, Michigan State: Players didn't violate rules despite being named in report

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Officials at Duke and Michigan State say they don't believe their athletes violated any NCAA rules despite being named in a Yahoo Sports report that said documents showed they may have improperly accepted benefits from an agency implicated in a federal probe of college basketball.

Duke athletic director Kevin White said Friday there are ''no eligibility issues'' with Wendell Carter Jr. after the star freshman was identified in the report. The report says sports agent Christian Dawkins listed a $106 lunch with Carter's mother in 2016 on an expense report. It was not clear in the report if Kylia Carter paid for her own meal.

White says the school ''immediately reviewed the matter and, based on the available information, determined there are no eligibility issues'' stemming from the report. He says the school has contacted the NCAA, and will work with both that group and the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo and interim athletic director Bill Beekman both say there's no reason to believe anyone affiliated with the school's basketball team did anything wrong. The Yahoo report says expense reports listed a $400 cash advance to the mother of Miles Bridges, as well as a $70 lunch with the parents of the star guard.

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