With or without head coach Will Wade, the LSU Tigers will continue their march into March Madness.
That's the word from The New Orleans Advocate, who asked LSU Senior Associated Athletic Director Robert Munson if LSU would skip post-season play in the wake of the recruiting scandal that got Wade suspended.
"No, no, no," he told them and declined to say anymore.
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The school issued a statement earlier in the day that said:
"Recent media reports regarding coach Will Wade are without question concerning to all of us. As such, we and university officials have taken deliberate and purposeful steps to fairly address and adequately address this situation. As we have done since media reports first surfaced months ago, we are closely coordinating with the NCAA with ever step. They have our full cooperation and we will continue to report to them all the facts and information on this matter.
"All of us at LSU share the obligation to protect the integrity of this institution, as such we have suspended Head Coach Will Wade indefinitely until such time as we can ensure full compliance with the NCAA, as well as institutional policies and standards. Assistant coach Tony Benford will assume the duties of interim coach."
The Yahoo report details a phone conversation recorded by the FBI in which Wade discusses his efforts to lure a recruit to the Tigers.
The report says the FBI recording is of a conversation with Christian Dawkins, who is one of several people convicted in October of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for funneling illegal payments to families of recruits to Louisville, Kansas and North Carolina State.
In the report, Wade is described expressing his frustration with an unidentified third party handling the recruitment of player referred to only as "Smart." LSU has a freshman guard named Javonte Smart who is a former Louisiana high school player of the year.
The report also states that it is not clear if the offer Wade discusses would violate NCAA rules, or if the player and his family knew of, or accepted, the offer.
The Tigers finish up their regular season at home against Vanderbilt on Saturday with a chance to win the SEC's regular-season title.