Just curious, when a coach goes to events like this to watch players they are recruiting. Do they go as a fan, a coach/recruiter, or as a combination of both?
SEG/Chief
...which began Sept. 30th and runs until Feb. 28, 2019. During an EVALUATION period, a college coach may watch student-athletes compete, visit their high schools and write or telephone student athletes and their parents.
However, a college coach may not have face-to-face contact with college-bound student-athletes or their parents off the college's campus during an evaluation period.
So, these college coaches can fly down to tournaments, watch and -- more importantly -- be seen. At this point, most (all?) of them have been in contact with the prospect and they want to show they're there for support, etc.
The only caveat is that I assume these NCAA rules hold for international play and/or for games outside of U.S. borders.
But if they do, a lot of institutions just paid a lot of coin to show the school colors. In our case, still good to support Sam, but the emphasis here is Boston and Bueckers.
In my mind the evaluation period rules were not only for the student-athletes (give them more time for student activities), but also for the coaches (give them more time for coaching and take some of the burden off having to continually fly across the country to recruit).
It appears the coaches will do it anyway.
Thanks to both of you for the info...
SEG/Chief